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cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/25.6.3

Accession_Number

25.6.3

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

Chimney mouth with flat rim; single curved handle; base has central concave section; foot double stepped.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/6

Decoration

Top of neck, back on handle, base of body, top of foot and edge of lower step of foot all black but have a streaky glaze. Rim of mouth reserved. Shoulder design is two rows of bars, the first shorter than the second. Body from top to bottom is three rows of black dots separated by lines. Symposium: Man reclining, woman lyre-player seated at foot of couch. At each side, woman on animal (perhaps mule [looks like llama]). Incised detail on drapery (black robes) and on lyre. Below are reserved bands on black glaze. Foot black on top and on lower edge, reserved in the middle. Base reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact. Streaky glaze. Paint cracking from handle. White deposits under handle and base.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

High Classical

Date

475-450

Dating_details

Artist

School of the Haimon Painter, perhaps Harrison Group

Attribution

Image

2003.13.0006.jpg	Front view of two Attic black-figure lekythoi, 25.6.3 at left and 34.8.5 at right.
2003.13.0085.jpg	Right side view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, depicting a woman on a mule.
2003.13.0091.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, depicting a lyre player (left) sitting at foot of couch, where a feasting man reclines (right).
2011.98.0103.jpg	obliquous 3/4 view of the front/left side of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing the mouth, neck, handle and the decor on the shoulder.
2011.98.0104.jpg	Profile view of the left side of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing a rider.
2011.98.0105.jpg	Particular of the left side of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing a rider.
2011.98.0106.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, depicting a lyre player (left) sitting at foot of couch, where a feasting man reclines (right).
2011.98.0107.jpg	Particular of the front of an Attic black-figure lekythos, depicting a lyre player (left) sitting at foot of couch, where a feasting man reclines (right).
2011.98.0108.jpg	Particular of the front/left side of an Attic black-figure lekythos, depicting a lyre player
2011.98.0109.jpg	Particular of the front/right side of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing a rider facing left (right) and a feasting man reclining on a couch (left).
2011.98.0110.jpg	Right side of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing a rider facing left.
2011.98.0111.jpg	Back view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing the portion of the body without figures and the black front of the handle.
2011.98.0112.jpg	Particular of the right side of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing a rider facing left.
2011.98.0113.jpg	Top view of an Attic black-figure lekythos, showing the rim and the shoulder decorated with radial stripes.
2011.98.0114.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic black-figure lekythos.
2011.98.0115.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic black-figure lekythos.