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Accession_Number

51.7.14

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

Pagenstecher lekythos

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Paestan

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 6/4

Decoration

Swan with added white and incisions. Above, dot, white on black. Beneath handle, palmette flanked by tall tendrils. Glaze silvery. Mouth, upper part of neck, top of handle, black. Also lower part of body and foot, including resting surface.

Inscriptions

Condition

Black retains gloss but surface is worn, with white adhesions. Single chip on the underside of the mouth.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Said to be from Paestum

Period

Late Classical / Early Hellenistic

Date

325-300

Dating_details

Artist

Workshop of the Painter of Naples 2585

Attribution

Michael Turner (correspondence 1/2004)

Image

2003.97.0378.jpg	Side view of Paestan Pagenstecher lekythos, showing handle to the left.
2003.97.0379.jpg	Side view of Paestan Pagenstecher lekythos, showing handle to the right.
2003.97.0380.jpg	Top view of Paestan Pagenstecher lekythos, showing black rim and interior.
2003.97.0381.jpg	Bottom view of a Paestan Pagenstecher lekythos, showing concave, painted base.
2003.99.0027.jpg	Right side view of a Paestan Pagenstecher lekythos, showing a palmette tendril.
2003.99.0028.jpg	Back view of a Paestan Pagenstecher lekythos, showing a palmette beneath the handle.
2003.99.0029.jpg	Left side view of a Paestan Pagenstecher lekythos, showing a palmette tendril.
2003.99.0030.jpg	Front view of a Paestan Pagenstecher lekythos, showing a swan in profile to the left.
2003.99.0040.jpg	3/4 side view of a Paestan Pagenstecher lekythos, showing a swan in profile to the left.
2003.99.0043.jpg	Oblique view, from below, of a Paestan Pagenstecher lekythos, showing black base and part of design.
2005.88.0082.jpg