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At symposia (drinking parties) and other occasions, vases were wreathed with tendrils or stems of various plants. Ivy and grapevines were most common. During the fifth century B.C., laurel and myrtle were popular as well.
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Title: Terracotta lebes (deep bowl)
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 450–425 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-glaze
Dimensions:
H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
diameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907
Object Number: 07.286.71
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