Exaltation of the Flower

The two women wearing woollen pleposes (draped tunics) are holding poppy or pomegranate flowers, and perhaps a pouch with seeds. Found in northern Greece, the relief is part of a series of stelae made in Paros in the so-called Severe style (490-450 BC). The artist shows the bodies in three-quarter view, but the faces are in profile.两位身着羊毛垂褶束腰外袍（原文标注为draped tunics）的女性，手持罂粟花或石榴花，或还携带有盛放种子的小囊袋。这件浮雕出土于希腊北部，属于在帕罗斯岛制作的一系列石碑浮雕之一，采用了所谓的“严整风格”（Severe style，公元前490-前450年）。创作者以四分之三侧面视角表现人物躯体，而面部则采用正侧面视角。