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K3.2 PERSEPHONE & DEMETER

Persephone & Demeter | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Catalogue No. Athens 1754
Beazley Archive No. 1280
Ware Attic Red Figure (White Ground)
Shape Lekythos
Painter -
Date ca 450 - 425 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

Demeter stands holding a royal sceptre and sheaf of wheat. She wears a crown upon her head. Beside her stands Persephone holding an Eleusinian torch and pouring libations from a cup.

ARTICLES

Demeter, Persephone