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Bottle Depicting Women in a Ritual Dance

15216 · ca. 600-570 BCE (Archaic)

<p>Bottles of this type were frequently decorated with images of women engaged in ritual activities. Encircling the vessel are women holding wreaths in a festival dance. In the lower section, a woman bears a "kanoun," or ritual basket, on her head.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.192' rel='external'>Bottle Depicting Women in a Ritual Dance</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

Date

ca. 600-570 BCE (Archaic)

Culture

Greek

Painter

15216

Dimensions

H: 16.00 cm W: 3.00 cm

Medium

terracotta; Middle Corinthian style

Museum

Walters Art Museum

Accession Number

48.192

Image Source

walters_cc0

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