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Vase with Three Mold-Made Bearded Faces

Red-figure 6256 · 7th century BCE (Orientalizing)

The three mold-made heads may not have originally belonged together. Adhesive seems to bind them together along with a fourth curved piece. The heads are all concave on the interior. Details of the hair, beards, and faces are indicated with a dark brown glaze. It is not clear whether the vessel in its current form would be water-tight.For the latest information about this object, Vase with Three Mold-Made Bearded Faces, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.

Technique

Red-figure

Date

7th century BCE (Orientalizing)

Culture

Greek?

Painter

6256

Dimensions

H: 5.40 cm W: 8.30 cm

Medium

terracotta; glaze