Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Obverse, head of a woman
Reverse, palmette
Although the significance of these representations is not known, and would have varied from region to region, the motif of a woman's head was extraordinarily widespread in the Greek world during the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. It is noteworthy also that there was no male counterpart.
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