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Accession_Number

65.6.1

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

The mouth is conical, the handle is of ellipsoid cross-section and the foot is disk-shaped. Cf. 'The Red and the Black: Studies in Greek pottery' by B. A. Sparks, 1996, p20 fig I:12 (see also 'Comments' field).

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 7/4

Decoration

The mouth (exterior and interior), larger upper part of the neck and the handle are black (uneven and at most areas reddish brown) apart from the upper surface of the rim, which is red. There is a grey line on the neck and the surface of the shoulder bears decoration of voluted palmettes with narrow divisions and tendrils, widely spread to fill the space. The upper part of the body bears a meander pattern between two pairs of brown lines (above and below). Every fourth meander the pattern is interrupted by a saltive cross with a dot on each one of the triangular surfaces around it. The meander pattern continues as far as the scene below it is depicted. Main scene: A young man, wearing underwear? is seated on his himation, at the left side of a two-stepped tomb or pedimental funerary monument (grave-stele). At the right of the scene, a woman wearing a black and red peplos is bringing offerings. There is a brown line below them and the rest of the vessel is black, with the exception of two exteremely thin lines that are reserved at the joining point of the foot to the body and the side surface of the foot that is red, although the slip has not been evenly applied on the whole of the surface. Lastly, the resting surface is reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Many spots have been pitted off, especially on the mouth, handle and neck. There are also some bits (shallow) that have been chipped off, especially on the shoulder and upper body, however, the vessel is intact.

Technique/Style

White ground

Provenance

Period

High Classical

Date

425-400

Dating_details

Artist

Reed Painter

Attribution

Beazley: ARV2 1377.24

Image

2003.95.0168.jpg	Left side view of an Attic white-ground lekythos, showinghandle and white ground body.
2003.95.0169.jpg	Front view of an Attic white-ground lekythos, showing a seated man (probably representing the deceased) facing a grave stele, opposite a female mourner with grave gifts and upraised arms.
2003.95.0170.jpg	Right side view of an Attic white-ground lekythos, showing a female mourner with grave gifts and upraised arms, approaching a grave stele.
2003.95.0171.jpg	Back view of an Attic white-ground lekythos, showing the handle.
2003.95.0172.jpg	Top view of an Attic white-ground lekythos, showing the lip, the interior, and the top of the handle (below).
2003.95.0173.jpg	Detailed view (just right of front) of the body of Attic white-ground lekythos, showing a seated man (probably representing the deceased) facing a grave stele, opposite a female mourner with grave gifts and upraised arms.
2003.95.0174.jpg	Oblique view, from slightly above, of the right side of an Attic white-ground lekythos, showing a female mourner, with grave gifts and upraised arms, approaching a grave stele.
2003.95.0175.jpg	Detailed view of the shoulder of an Attic white-ground lekythos, showing a vegetal pattern (palmettes and tendrils).
2003.95.0176.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic white-ground lekythos, showing the reserved base with (modern) writing in pencil.
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