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title: The Beautiful Child, Vase Painting
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10921/the-beautiful-child-vase-painting/
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# The Beautiful Child, Vase Painting
_Authored by The Trustees of the British Museum_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10921.jpg)
## Image Caption
Vase painting (on a white-ground wine pitcher) depicting a young woman spinning wool from a distaff, twisting a thread between the fingers of her right hand. Found in Locri, created in Attica c. 490-470 BCE. On the (viewer's) right, an inscription reads: ΗΕΠΑΙΣΚΑΛΕ (ή παΐς καλή, "the beautiful girl").
British Museum, London.
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Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2019, June 15). The Beautiful Child, Vase Painting. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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Museum, The Trustees of the British. "The Beautiful Child, Vase Painting." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 15, 2019. .
### MLA
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "The Beautiful Child, Vase Painting." *World History Encyclopedia*, 15 Jun 2019, .
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