Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Classical, ca. 450 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; white-ground, H. 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm), Vases, Charon, Hermes, and youth. Hermes, identifiable by his winged boots and herald's staff, beckons a young man, the deceased, toward Charon's boat. Charon wears the clothing typical of a Greek workman—the exomis, a tunic that is fastened on one shoulder and leaves both arms free and bare, and a cap with a narrow brim
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Terracotta lekythos, oil flask, Classical, ca, 450 B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, white-ground, H, 12 7/16, 31.6 cm, Vases, Charon, Hermes, youth, identifiable, winged boots, herald, staff, beckons, young man, deceased, boat, Charon wears, clothing typical, Greek workman— exomis, tunic, fastened, shoulder, leaves, arms free, bare, cap, narrow brim
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