Agora Object: Agora XXX, no. 1677 Chronology: | | Ca. 450 B.C. | Deposit: | | I 17 | Published Number: | | AV 30.1677 | References: | | Object: P 1457
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Wall fragment. Rather streaky brownish black glaze on inside. Glaze slightly greenish on outside. Max. dim. 0.077. Matheson, Polygnotos, p. 483, cat. no. PGU 190.
Kalathiskos dancer: most of head, shoulders, start of arms, the left raised and outstretched. She wears a chiton decorated withX's. Around her head is a band with long, thin spikes. Preliminary sketch. Relief contour. Dilute glaze: decoration on chiton; eye lashes. White (flaked): headdress.
For the dance, see H. Metzger, BCH 66--67, 1942--1943, pp. 228--247.
The Group of Polygnotos: Undetermined (ARV2 1061, 160).
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