A woman stands in front of a mirror; a kalathos (basket) at right
97.
Kylix
Painter of the Yale Cup (Greek, Attic)
A woman stands in front of a mirror; a kalathos (basket) at right
Clay, red-figure,
ca. 460-450 BCE
Gift of Rebecca Darlington Stoddard
Photograph courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery
1913.165
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