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| Keywords: Greek - Flask with Figures and Lotus - Walters 48370 - View A.jpg Made by Greek artisans in the flourishing Hellenic trading colony of Naucratis in Egypt's delta this flask's low relief decoration and darker shade of glaze in the background are characteristic of faience ware produced here The shape of the vessel the frieze of men running and the lotus pattern were inspired by traditional Egyptian motifs century 3 2 BC Hellenistic-Ptolemaic Egyptian faience cm 16 6 5 5 h x diam accession number 48 370 16532 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 From Alexander to Cleopatra Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 place of origin Naucratis present-day Kom Gieif Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian pottery in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Greek pottery in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
