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Three women at a wash-basin, on either side stand attendants. Gouache painting.

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Lettering: Use of perfume at the toilet ; three women at a wash-basin; on either side an attendant, one with an alabastron, the other with a plemochoe. The lettering on the wash-basin is a popular sentimental inscription, typical of the period, meaning:- "you are beautiful". from an attic red-figure vase (now lost) 470-460 b.c. ; Richter, G. and Milne, M. "the shapes and names of Athenian vases." New York, 1935 ; p.d. 232-1-3
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Title: Three women at a wash-basin, on either side stand attendants. Gouache painting.
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Lettering: Use of perfume at the toilet ; three women at a wash-basin; on either side an attendant, one with an alabastron, the other with a plemochoe.
The lettering on the wash-basin is a popular sentimental inscription, typical of the period, meaning:- "you are beautiful".
from an attic red-figure vase (now lost) 470-460 b.
c.
; Richter, G.
and Milne, M.
"the shapes and names of Athenian vases.
" New York, 1935 ; p.
d.
232-1-3.

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