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cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/REDMG:1935.87.3

Accession_Number

REDMG:1935.87.3

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

Mouth has flat rim and flares upwards.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Apulian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 8/4

Decoration

Black inside, outside and rim. Handle is black all over as is top half of neck. Lower half of neck has an umbrella pattern with 12 tongues on top. Large palmette with tendrils under handle on body and tendrils either side of scene. Scene is a woman standing, facing right, holding mirror in right hand and a box in left looking at seated Eros who is holding a mirror in his right hand. Added yellow over white, and white on Eros's wings, mirrors, box and headresses. Traces of miltos. Reserved band beneath scene. Black foot but reserved resting surface and base. (Modern) red cross drawn on base.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact. Underside of mouth is slightly chipped. Areas of white deposit around the body and handle.

Technique/Style

Red figure

Provenance

Period

Hellenistic

Date

350-300

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.27.0004.jpg	Oblique view, from below, of the side of an Apulian red-figure lekythos, shows a palmette beneath the handle.
2003.93.0025.jpg	Front view of an Apulian red-figure lekythos, showing the design.
2003.93.0026.jpg	Side view of an Apulian red-figure lekythos, showing Eros. and the handle.
2003.93.0031.jpg	Detailed view of the base of an Apulian red-figure lekythos.
2003.93.0032.jpg	Bottom view of an Apulian red-figure lekythos.
2003.97.0828.jpg	Left side view of an Apulian red-figure lekthos showing a woman with a box.
2003.97.0829.jpg	Right side view of an Apulian red-figure lekythos, showing Eros.
2003.97.0830.jpg	Back view of an Apulian red-figure lekythos, showing a palmette beneath the handle.
2003.97.0831.jpg	Top view of an Apulian red-figure lekythos, showing the mouth.
2003.97.0832.jpg	Bottom view of an Apulian red-figure lekythos, showing the base.