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Accession_Number

49.4.1

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

The mouth is conical, with a large aperture, the handle is banded and the foot is two-stepped and disk-shaped, with a small central concave dot underneath.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 7/6

Decoration

The mouth is black inside and out with a reserved rim. The back of the handle is also black. The neck and underside of the handle are ruddled, as is the shoulder which has black dots and radial-shaped motif. There is a white band at the upper body surface with a yellow meander pattern, between yellow lines. The main design is that of a flying Nike facing right with a mirror in her left hand and a globular object in her right. She wears a kalyptra (head dress) and she is draped. Additionally, thinned glaze and black paint has been used for detail. Below the scene there is a similar meander pattern on a white band. The rest of the vessel is black.

Inscriptions

Condition

The mouth is a little chipped and the neck has been repaired. There are bits missing from the shoulder, too. The largest part of the white bands has worn away, as has some of the paint on the foot. There are white and gritty deposits in the mouth and under the handle. The glaze below the meander is streaky. There is also colour loss on the back of the body but this appears to be due to firing.

Technique/Style

Red figure

Provenance

Period

Early Classical / High Classical

Date

450

Dating_details

Artist

Beth Pelet Painter

Attribution

Beazley: ARV2 729.11

Image

2003.71.0005.jpg	Front view of an Attic red-figure lekythos, showing Nike, holding a mirror and flying to the right.
2003.94.0084.jpg	Right side view of an Attic red-figure lekythos, showing reserved bands on body and side of handle, and part of decoration.
2003.94.0085.jpg	Back view of an Attic red-figure lekythos, showing the handle.
2003.94.0086.jpg	Left side view of an Attic red-figure lekythos, showing reserved bands on body and side of handle, and part of decoration.
2003.94.0087.jpg	Front view of an Attic red-figure lekythos, showing Nike, holding a mirror and flying to the right
2003.94.0088.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of an Attic red-figure lekythos, showing the shoulder decoration.
2003.94.0089.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic red-figure lekythos, showing the reserved base.
2004.71.0003.jpg	Front view of an Attic red-figure lekythos, showing Nike, holding a mirror and a globular object, flying to the right.
2005.88.0081.jpg
2005.89.0038.jpg