The Girl or the Vase (Polish: Wazon czy kobieta), also known as The Presentation of the Slave, is an 1878 painting by the Polish artist Henryk Siemiradzki.

The subject is from ancient Rome and shows a patrician who contemplates on whether he should buy an East Asian vase or a slave girl.

[1] The painting earned Siemiradzki the gold medal at the 1878 World's Fair in Paris and the French Legion of Honour.

[2] The painting last changed owner in 2005, when it was sold through Sotheby's in New York for 1,426,000 dollars.

[3][4] The painting is referenced in Boris Pasternak's novel, Doctor Zhivago, described as depicting "[t]he fat Roman making up his mind between the woman and the vase.