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Use of perfume at the toilet. Three women at a washbasin; on either side an attendant, one with an alabastron (pottery or glass vessel), the other with a plemochoe (covered bowl, often used to hold perfumed oil). The lettering on the washbasin is a popular sentimental inscription, typical of the period, meaning ‘you are beautiful’. From an attic red-figure vase (now lost) 470–460 BC.
Title
Three Women at a Washbasin, on Either Side Stand Attendants
Date
1937
Medium
gouache on watercolour board
Measurements
H 22.8 x W 43 cm
Accession number
34475i
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 1937
Work type
Watercolour
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