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Black-figure lekythos whose body is decorated...

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Black-figure lekythos whose body is decorated with a scene depicting Dionysus banqueting in the presence of a lyre-playing maenad between two maenads riding ithyphallic donkeys. Orange-beige clay with black glaze and white paint highlights. Visible cracks. Attic Greek art circa 490 B.C. Attributed to the Beldam Painter. H. 16.3 cm Provenance: Le Véel Collection, then by descent.