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Seated komast
The komast (reveller) holds up either a beaker-shaped cup or krotala (castanets). The figure was painted onto the surface of the vase in added white. The procedure is known as Six's technique, after the Dutch scholar who first studied it.
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Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Period: Late Archaic
Date: early 5th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; Six's technique
Dimensions: H. 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
Accession Number: 41.162.96
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