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Accession_Number REDMG:1953.25.27
Shape Lekythos
Shape_description Narrow cylindrical neck, broadens to a nearly flat shoulder; thin strap handle rises from the top of the neck and rejoins at the lower part of the shoulder; below carination is a conical body, tapering and then straightening out towards the small disk foot, flaring on its upper edge, rounded on its vertical edge, and with a broad, flat resting surface; nipple at the centre of the underside.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 6/6
Decoration Handle black on exterior. Shoulder: inner band of black tongues and an outer circle of rays, black alternating with white. Black body and upper part of foot; two red lines, one at top of body and one 2/3 down the body.
Inscriptions
Condition Mouth broken off just above handle; foot chipped at front. Added white and red faded, and some black glaze chipped.
Technique/Style Black figure
Provenance
Period Classical
Date 500
Dating_details
Artist Rhitsona Class P
Attribution
Image

2001.99.0089.jpg		Oblique view, from above, of the left shoulder of an Attic 'Little lion' lekythos, showing black tongue decoration.

2001.99.0113.jpg		Right side view of an Attic 'Little lion' lekythos.

2001.99.0114.jpg		Back view of an Attic 'Little lion' lekythos.

2001.99.0115.jpg		Left side view of an Attic 'Little lion' lekythos.

2001.99.0116.jpg		Front view of an Attic 'Little lion' lekythos.

2003.97.0401.jpg		Right side view of Attic 'Little lion' lekythos.

2003.97.0402.jpg		Left side view of Attic 'Little lion' lekythos.

2003.97.0403.jpg		Top view of Attic 'Little lion' lekythos, showing tongue pattern on shoulder and that mouth is broken.

2003.97.0404.jpg		View of Attic 'Little lion' lekythos on its side, showing reserved base.

2004.99.0769.jpg		Oblique view, from above, of the left shoulder of an Attic 'Little lion' lekythos, showing black tongue decoration.

2004.99.0770.jpg		Left side view of an Attic 'Little lion' lekythos.

2004.99.0771.jpg		Front view of an Attic 'Little lion' lekythos.

2004.99.0772.jpg		Right side view of an Attic 'Little lion' lekythos.

2004.99.0773.jpg		Back view of an Attic 'Little lion' lekythos.

2005.99.0085.jpg		Front view of an Attic 'Little lion' lekythos.
Comparanda Ure's 'Rhitsona Class P' (Ure 1927, 54) and Haspels' 'Little Lion Class' (ABL 107-109). One of the later examples of this class, on account of its slender profile (much slimmer than RM.1953.25.26) and thick disk foot. Cf. Reading 45.6.15: CVA Reading 1, pl. 11.13 (nearly identical except for a red band at the center of the body, rather than the top, and more careful work on the shoulder).
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height
Diameters Neck (min.) 1.1, shoulder 4.1, base 3.0
Handle_height 2.5
Other_dims. Pres. H. 9.3
Location Death
Edited_by Denise; Amy; Kinsey
Date_edited 23.08.2002; 09.09.2004; 20.01.2006
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