Terracotta loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water), Late Classical, ca. 340–330 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 36 5/8 in. (93 cm), Vases, On the body, above, obverse, male deity adjudicating between Persephone and Aphrodite regarding Adonis; reverse, seated youth and woman with three women, Below, all around, youth at a stele (grave marker) between youths and women, On the shoulder, obverse and reverse, head of a woman, On the lid, head of a woman. The Tarentine predilection for disciplined yet exuberant embellishment is applied here to an imposing vase with deeply serious iconography
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Terracotta loutrophoros, ceremonial vase, water, Late Classical, ca, 340–330 B.C, Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta, red-figure, H, 36 5/8, 93 cm, Vases, body, obverse, male deity adjudicating, Persephone, Aphrodite regarding, Adonis, reverse, seated youth, woman, three women, youth, stele, grave marker, youths, women, shoulder, head, lid, Tarentine predilection, disciplined yet, exuberant, embellishment, applied, imposing, deeply serious, iconography
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