A white-figure Magna Graecian hydria dating to the 4th century BCE, attributed to the CA Painter of Cumae.
The figures are positioned between two structures which appear to be altars, the left altar garlanded and red, the right white and plain. The scene is deftly handled with unclear complex symbolism. The scene is mirrored down the vertical axis.
The left hand side features two seated women in a state of partial undress, each holding a golden wreath in their outstretched hands. Each has their hair tied in a bun. The top woman bears a tray of some kind, perhaps offerings. The women on the right are fully clothed in Doric chitons with golden belts. Each holds a mirror, and wears a headress. One woman carries a golden vessel, while the other dangles a ribbon directly down the centre lines of the scene, aligned with a pyramidal shape below, perhaps a bushel of wheat.
Empty space within the scene are filled with wheat stalks, perhaps alluding to the worship of Demeter.
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