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Attributed to Hermonax
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Maenad holding a thyrsos (fennel stalk tipped with ivy), a snake wound around the stalk
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Title: Lekythos (oil flask)
Artist:
Attributed to Hermonax
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 460 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:
Diameter: 5 × 2 13/16 × 3 3/8 in. (12.7 × 7.2 × 8.5 cm)
Height: 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1926
Accession Number: 26.60.77
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