An Attic red-figure pelike
An Attic red-figure pelike
Attributed to the Trophy Painter, circa 460-450 B.C.
Side A depicting a winged figure, probably Nike, facing right, wearing a long pleated chiton, which she grasps in her right hand, and a fillet in her bound, curly hair, her left arm outstretched; side B with a female figure, wearing a long pleated chiton and a draped himation, standing before a kalathos and holding a skein of wool in her left hand, a fillet in her hair, both scenes framed by a band of dotted ovolo at the neck and groundline, details in added white, 15.9cm high
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An Attic red-figure pelike
Attributed to the Trophy Painter, circa 460-450 B.C.
Side A depicting a winged figure, probably Nike, facing right, wearing a long pleated chiton, which she grasps in her right hand, and a fillet in her bound, curly hair, her left arm outstretched; side B with a female figure, wearing a long pleated chiton and a draped himation, standing before a kalathos and holding a skein of wool in her left hand, a fillet in her hair, both scenes framed by a band of dotted ovolo at the neck and groundline, details in added white, 15.9cm high