-400 to -300 BC
Female dancer at an altar, probably the Persian dance oklasma
Terracotta figurine dated -390 approx. 10 cm height. Greek art.
Girl performing the Persian dance on a table
Boeotian red-figure Kalyx Krater vase. Painting on
clay vase dated -385 approx. 25 cm height. Greek art.
Dance in front of Oriental god or king
Attic red-figure volute krater vase. Dated -375 BC approx. 42.5 cm; 24.5 cm diam. Attributed to the Meleager Painter. Greek art.
Two female dancers performing an oklasma dance
Gold, blue and transparent glass. Dated -350 BC approx. Height 1.8 cm. Found at the Eastern end of the Yuz Oba ridge, Pavlovsky kurgan. Excavations of A.E. Liutsenko, 1858.
Oil flask (lekythos) in the form of a winged Persian dancer
Sculpture, ceramic, dated -360 approx., height 22.6 cm. A winged woman dancing a special dance (the Greeks called it oklasma) associated with the cult of Dionysos. She kneels on her right knee on a spool base. She wears an eastern (also called Persian, “Oriental”) costume with a tiara, tights from wrists to ankles, a belted chiton over the tights, shoes. She holds her hands above her head.
The Oklasma Painter (attributed): Woman dancing wearing a Phrygian cap with white
border, embroidered
Painting on a red-figure vase, lebes gamikos. Dated -335 BC approx. 31.5 cm height. Campanian art.
