Skyphos (cup) with a woman at a fountain
Place made:Italy, Europe
Culture: South Italian
Period: Classical period
Date: ca. 370 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta, red-figure technique
Dimensions:
h. 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm); w. 10 13/16 in. (27.5 cm); d. 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm)
foot: diam. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 2005.1.67
Provenance: sold by Emmanuel Koutoulakis, Paris, to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1994; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by bequest to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2005
Label Text
Side A: A woman with a mirror at a basin
Side B: A youth holding a strigil and a staff
The woman may be a bride bathing in preparation for her wedding. (Jessica Powers, 2008)
Side B: A youth holding a strigil and a staff
The woman may be a bride bathing in preparation for her wedding. (Jessica Powers, 2008)
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