cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/45.9.2
| Accession_Number | 45.9.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shape | Foot lekythos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shape_description | Flat-lipped conical mouth, vertical strap handle rising from the bottom of the neck and reattached at the top of the 'ankle' on the body, which is in the shape of a left foot wearing a sandal. The base is a flat surface, separated from the sole by an incised line. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fabric | Attic or Euboean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Munsell_color | 7.5YR 6/4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Decoration | The mouth, neck, handle are black. The body of the vase was treated with a white slip (colours probably indicated the straps of the sandal, yet such decoration only remains on the edges of the sole). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Condition | Sole of foot has been rejoined; whitish-gray deposits; black glaze slightly chipped; white slip has worn and chipped in patches. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Red figure; white ground; plastic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | Late Classical | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 450-350 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comparanda | A nearly identical pair of vases (right as well as left foot) are in in the Gallatin Collection (now in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art): CVA Gallatin IIIK pl. 62.11-12. Both are larger than the Reading example; the Gallatin left foot is from Olbia (ex Chmielowski Collection); it is also published in Chmielowski Sale Catalogue, American Art Association, February 23024, 1922 no. 74. Ure notes two similar vases from Chalkis published in ArchEph 1907, 82, fig. 16, which are in turn compared with two in the National Museum in Athens, inv. nos. 9734 and 9735. A further example, which is, however, shod in a pointed slipper, was found at Rhitsona, and is in Thebes 6140 (R.57.3): CVA Thebes 1, pl. 68.4-5 (citing further examples in New York and Hanover); K. Demakopoulou and D. Konsola, Archaeological Museum at Thebes. Guide (1981) 63. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bibliography | CVA Reading 1, pl. 13.10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Beazley_DB | 14396 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diameters | Rim 3.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handle_height | 3.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other_dims. | L. 8.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Body Beautiful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Denise; Georgia; Karen; Amy; Kinsey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 17.09.2002; 10.06.2003; 05.04.2004; 13.05.2004; 11.01.2006 |
