cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/25.9.4
Accession_Number | 25.9.4 | ||||
Shape | Lekythos | ||||
Shape_description | |||||
Material | Terracotta | ||||
Fabric | Attic or Corinthian | ||||
Fabric_description | |||||
Munsell_color | 7.5YR 7/6 | ||||
Decoration | Body, shoulder and neck white ground. Cup mouth is black. Handle black on the back and cream ground underneath. On shoulder are two rows of radiating bars. Body design is an ivy-spray, with circles of dots and heart shaped leaves, between bands of grille pattern, at front only and all in black. Three wet-incised lines below. Side and base of foot heavily ruddled. Footring reserved. | ||||
Inscriptions | |||||
Condition | Black paint has worn on base and mouth. Main design remains clear. Colour varies on back from pink to cream. | ||||
Technique/Style | Black figure; white ground | ||||
Provenance | |||||
Period | High Classical | ||||
Date | 450-440 | ||||
Dating_details | |||||
Artist | Beldam Painter | ||||
Attribution | Ure (CVA) attributes this to the 'Workshop of the Beldam Painter' | ||||
Image |
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Comparanda | |||||
Bibliography | CVA Reading 1, 21, pl.(539) 12.8 | ||||
Archive_Ref | reference 1 reference 2 | ||||
Beazley_DB | 14372 | ||||
Height | 16.4 | ||||
Diameters | Mouth 3.1; body 4.8; base 3.8 | ||||
Handle_height | 3.9 | ||||
Other_dims. | |||||
Location | Death | ||||
Edited_by | Denise; Karen; Kinsey. Joana Varela | ||||
Date_edited | 23.08.2002; 05.04.2004; 06.01.2006. 05.04.2017 |