Ure Museum | Database

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Accession_Number

60.1.5

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

Bell-shaped mouth with high outturned rim and broad, slightly convex lip;long neck widens to shoulder with smooth contour to ovoid body; vertical strap handle rising from top of neck and rejoining at bottom of shoulder; short ring foot.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Euboean

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/6

Decoration

Mouth, top portion of neck and exterior of handle black; vertical black lines on neck; thick black band and band of waves on shoulder; frieze on body of three palmettes between three lotuses; black band below except reserved groove between body and foot and reserved base.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact and complete; slightly scratched and chipped on body. Glaze flaked off mouth, neck, handle and ring foot.

Technique/Style

Black figure; floral ware

Provenance

Period

Late Classical / Early Hellenistic

Date

4 c.

Dating_details

Artist

Group of the Lekanis with Chevron Band

Attribution

Ure 1960, 215

Image

2002.97.0686.jpg	Left side view of a Euboean Floral-ware lekythos, showing palmette and lotus frieze on body.
2002.97.0687.jpg	Left side view of a Euboean Floral-ware lekythos, showing palmette and lotus frieze on body.
2002.97.0688.jpg	Oblique view, from the top, of a Euboean Floral-ware lekythos, showing the lip and top of handle.
2002.97.0689.jpg	Oblique view, from below, of a Euboean Floral-ware lekythos, showing the reserved base.
2004.05.0025.jpg	Right side view of a Euboean floral ware lekythos, showing palmette and lotus frieze on body.
2004.05.0026.jpg	Oblique view, from below, of the left side of a Euboean floral ware lekythos, showing the base and part of body decoration.
2008.99.0785.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of the left side of a Boeotian lekythos.
2008.99.0786.jpg	Profile view of the left side of a Boeotian floral ware lekythos.
2008.99.0787.jpg	Profile view of the front of a Boeotian floral ware lekythos.
2008.99.0788.jpg	Profile view of the right side of a Boeotian floral ware lekythos.
2008.99.0789.jpg	Profile view of the back of a Boeotian floral ware lekythos, showing the dipped handle.
2008.99.0790.jpg	Top view of a Boeotian floral-ware lekythos.
2008.99.0791.jpg	Bottom view of a Euboean Floral-ware lekythos.