Nude Dancer
Dimensions: H 35 cm, d 30 cm, d with handles 34.5cm
Date: 490BCE Late Archaic
Material: Attic Red Figure
Provenance: Attica (Athens)
Current Location: Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu 73.AE.135
Side A of this column karater displays a nude woman dancing with krotala.
Side B of this column karater displays a man holding a disc.
Nudity in Greek statues denoted divinity or athletic prowess. Respectable “everyday” women were never shown nude on vases. Divinities such as nymphs were sex symbols and therefore portrayed nude.
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