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| Keywords: Greek - Alabastron Depcting A Seated Woman and A Woman Walking to the Right Toward a Chair - Walters 48271 - Side B.jpg This red-figure alabastron depicts a woman seated on a diphros in profile to the left juggling three balls She wears a chiton disc earring and fillet On the ground in front sits a kalathos above which a lekythos hangs On the back a woman in a chiton and sakkos stands frontally looking left She holds her left hand up the right is out at her side On the right is a klismos facing left with a mantle bundled on the seat A woman juggling balls or fruit is not an unpopular scene and many exampes are found on lekythoi The balls on this vase are likely to be made of wool as the kalathos suggests although they are apple-shaped ca 480 BC Classical terracotta cm 12 9 4 4 h x max diam ; at rim cm 3 7 diam ; at mouth cm 1 2 diam accession number 48 271 34281 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Juggling history | ||||
