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Accession_Number

49.8.12

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

Flaring mouth, flat rim on the top; single strap handle curves down from top of neck to shoulder; body tapers to thick disk foot; flat base except for concave central circle. Cf. "Sixth and Fifth Century Pottery", P.N.Ure (ed.), p48, pl. 16 nos. 18.52 & especially 18.62 (feet missing so cannot be compared)

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 7/4

Decoration

Mouth and rim all black. Single handle is black on the outside and reserved on the underside. Neck is reserved. Shoulder has a row of rays and a row of lotus flowers. Body design is 10 rows of debased chequerboard. There are irregular drops of paint on the back. The decorated part of the body is followed by a narrow black band followed by black stem. The foot is black on the top but reserved on the side. Base is reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Paint has worn badly on the mouth and the handle. The paint on the body remains clear depite the original mistakes by the decorator. Chip on the base, smaller around the rim. Depositions around the stem. Gloss applied carelessly on the exterior of the mouth.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Spink

Period

Date

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2001.99.0105.jpg	Right side view of an Attic lekythos with a checkerboard pattern on the body.
2001.99.0106.jpg	Oblique left-side view of an Attic lekythos.
2003.97.0382.jpg	Front view of an Attic Lekythos showing neck, body and base.
2003.97.0383.jpg	Back view of an Attic Lekythos showing handle, body and base.
2003.97.0384.jpg	Top view of an attic Lekythos showing inside of mouth and shoulder.
2003.97.0385.jpg	View of the base of an Attic Lekythos.
2008.10.0022.jpg	Profile drawing of an Attic black-figure lekythos.
2008.99.0524.jpg	Oblique view of an Attic lekythos showing rim and shoulder.
2008.99.0525.jpg	Left side view of an Attic lekythos with a checkerboard pattern on the body.
2008.99.0528.jpg	Back view of an Attic Lekythos, showing the handle, body and base.
2008.99.0533.jpg	Right side view of an Attic Lekythos, showing the handle, body and base.
2008.99.0534.jpg	Front view of an Attic Lekythos showing neck, body and base.
2008.99.0537.jpg	Top view of an Attic lekythos, showing interior, black painted rim and decoration of row of lotus flowers.
2008.99.0541.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic lekythos.