Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Classical, ca. 440 , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; white-ground, H.: 12 x 3 9/16 in. ( x 9

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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Classical, ca. 440 , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; white-ground, H.: 12 x 3 9/16 in. ( x 9 cm), Vases, Woman and youth. The pigment of the youth's himation (cloak) is lost. The scene may be one of greeting or farewell. Because white-ground lekythoi served as funerary vases at this time, the subject is probably one of farewell, set in the woman's quarters of a house

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