Terracotta pelike (jar)
Obverse, woman with mirror and wool basket
Reverse, youth
A major task of Athenian women was to weave. The wool basket at this lady's feet, her garments that are given prominence by her pose, as well as the mirror in which she is admiring herself suggest her proficiency. Weaving the peplos that was dedicated to Athena every four years was a major enterprise. We may imagine that a woman such as the one on the pelike was involved.
Reverse, youth
A major task of Athenian women was to weave. The wool basket at this lady's feet, her garments that are given prominence by her pose, as well as the mirror in which she is admiring herself suggest her proficiency. Weaving the peplos that was dedicated to Athena every four years was a major enterprise. We may imagine that a woman such as the one on the pelike was involved.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta pelike (jar)
- Artist: Attributed to the Argos Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 480–470 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
diameter 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Purchase by subscription, 1896
- Object Number: 96.18.29
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Roman
1st century CE
Argos Painter
515–500 BCE
Greek, Attic
mid-4th century BCE
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4th century BCE
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late 10th–early 9th century BCE
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