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Artist/Maker Master of the Exaltation de la Fleur (eponymous work)
So-called “Exaltation de la Fleur” (exaltation of the flower), fragment from a grave stele: two women wearing a peplos and kekryphalos (hair net), hold poppy or pomegrenate flowers, and maybe a small bag of seeds. Parian marble, made in Pharsalos, ca. 470/–460 BC. From Pharsalos, Thessaly.
Dimensions H. 56.5 cm (22 in.), W. 67 cm (26 ¼ in.), D. 14 cm (5 ½ in.)
Credit line Excavated by Heuzey and Daumet, 1863
Accession number Ma 701
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Denon, lower ground floor, room 3
Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)
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