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Terracotta, H 14 ½ inches

Red-Figure Pelike

Greek, Athens, ca. 450 B.C.

The Spreckels Painter of this lovely pelike was named after the founder of the Legion of Honor, Alma de Bretteville Spreckels. The main scene shows Leto standing behind the twin deities, her children by Zeus, Apollo (with a kithara) and Artemis (pouring wine into her brother's drinking cup).

Gift of the Queen of Greece through Alma de Bretteville Spreckels

1925.346.42