Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm). Date: ca. 550 B.C..Two women wrapped in one cloakLekythoi were traditionally placed as offerings in tombs or on grave monuments. The elongated shape of this example is typical of the earliest form. The subject of two women wrapped in one mantle was favored by the Pharos Painter (pharos is a word for "cloak"). There are also contemporary representations of two males with one cloak. The meaning may be sexual. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm). Date: ca. 550 B.C..Two women wrapped in one cloakLekythoi were traditionally placed as offerings in tombs or on grave monuments. The elongated shape of this example is typical of the earliest form. The subject of two women wrapped in one mantle was favored by the Pharos Painter (pharos is a word for "cloak"). There are also contemporary representations of two males with one cloak. The meaning may be sexual. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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