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Fragment of red-figure lekythos: head of a bearded man,
ca. 490–480 B.C.

attributed to the Berlin Painter, Greek, Attic, ca. 505–465 BCE

Greek, Attic

y1985-60

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Title

Fragment of red-figure lekythos: head of a bearded man

Dates

ca. 490–480 B.C.

Maker

Berlin Painter

Medium

Ceramic

Dimensions

3 x 4.4 x .8 cm (1 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer in memory of Ernest Theodore DeWald

Object Number

y1985-60

Culture

Attic

Period

Red-figure

Type

fragments, ceramics, lekythoi

Materials

ceramic

Subject

men, wreaths (costume accessories), heads

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1985," <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 45, no. 1 (1986): p.16–42, p. 28

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Greek, Attic, attributed to the Berlin Painter (Greek, Attic, ca. 505–465 BCE), ca. 490–480 B.C., Fragment of red-figure lekythos: head of a bearded man. Ceramic; 3 × 4.4 cm. Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer in memory of Ernest Theodore DeWald (y1985-60) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/32975?field_tms_obj_subjects_target_id=471

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