Terracotta Megarian bowl, Hellenistic, ca–100 B.C., Greek, probably Asia Minor, Terracotta; mold made, h. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); d. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm), Vases, This finely made bowl is decorated in relief with a lesbian-leaf molding (a vegetal motif named for the island of Lesbos) banded by a row of small beads and a raised ridge. Below, meanders serve as a backdrop to a procession of Erotes, who step between jeweled long petals of alternating lengths that surround an exceptionally ornate triple rosette foot-medallion
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Terracotta Megarian bowl, Hellenistic, ca–100 B.C, Greek, Asia Minor, Terracotta, mold, h, 3 1/16, 7.8 cm, d, 4 3/4, 12, Vases, finely, bowl, decorated, relief, lesbian-leaf molding, vegetal motif, island, Lesbos, banded, row, small beads, raised ridge, meanders serve, backdrop, procession, Erotes, step, jeweled long, petals, alternating lengths, surround, exceptionally ornate, triple, rosette, foot-medallion
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