Geometric pomegranate from Eleusis Decorated Wheel-made This exquisite miniature lekythos is

This exquisite miniature lekythos is a faithful reproduction of an ancient vase decorated using Six’s technique

while decorated owl skyphoi were exported widely throughout the Mediterranean

perhaps a mother

The decoration is based on the use of clay slips that acquire their colour by firing

Their elongated tear glands and downward tilt evoke the powerful style of early bilingual eye-cups

Geometric pomegranate from Eleusis Decorated Wheel-made This exquisite miniature lekythos isPersephones Pomegranate A handcrafted clay pomegranate inspired by an 8th century BCE prototype from the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis. The pomegranate is one of the central symbols of the Eleusinian Mysteries, closely associated with Persephone. According to myth, when Zeus commanded Hades to release Kore (Persephone) so she could return to her mother, Demeter, the dark robed lord of the Underworld cunningly gave her a delicious berry of the