Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art · leaf 165
SECOND HALF OF V CENTURY B.C. I27 were probably used as children's toys; for many are deco- rated with scenes of children at play, and we know that vases of this type have been found in children's graves. On this analogy we may explain several other diminutive vases in this case — among them a… … FIG. 81. SCENE FROM AN OINOCHOE THE RETURN OF HEPHAISTOS TO OLYMPOS larger specimens described above, viz.: the bringing of gifts to the bride the morning after the wedding. We may imagine that this vase was used by Greek children at the weddings of some of their dolls. It will be noted that on…
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