The Cult of Beauty

Stone scene depicts a wealthy lady seated in a round-backed wicker chair with her feet resting on a footstool. Her four slave-girls are busy around her: one holds a perfume flask, a second poses a mirror, a third waits with a small pitcher, and arranging her hair is the ornatrix - an important member of the slave house-hold who also saw to the rouge, lip-stick and eye-shadow. Dated 1st Century B.C

Arranging Cosmetics Depicts Flask Footstool Perfume Pitcher Rouge Waits Wealthy

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