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Accession_Number

REDMG:1953.25.30

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

White-ground lekythos, group iii. Conical mouth with flat rim, slightly offset from cylindrical neck which curves sharply into nearly diagonal shoulder; vertical strap handle (missing) reached from top of neck to bottom of the shoulder, below which a carination marks the join with the straight body that tapers down to a high, molded, pedestal foot, grooved at the top of the slightly convex vertical surface, concave on the underside, with a nipple at the centre.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 7/3

Decoration

Black glaze (mostly fired red) on mouth, upper part of neck, lower body, and upper surface of foot; vertical surface of foot and underside reserved. White-ground on lower part of shoulder and body, with traces of red decoration.

Inscriptions

Condition

Handle missing, leaving a hole at the lower (shoulder) attachment; white/red surface almost entirely worn away; black glaze surfaces chipped; deposits on lip, body, and centre of underside.

Technique/Style

Black glaze; white ground; overpainted

Provenance

Period

High Classical

Date

450-425

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.93.0096.jpg	Right side view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos.
2003.93.0316.jpg	Right side view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos.
2004.99.0258.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos.
2004.99.0259.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos.
2004.99.0260.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos.
2004.99.0261.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos.
2004.99.0262.jpg	Oblique view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos, showing mouth.
2004.99.0263.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos, showing the base.
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2004.99.0368.jpg
2004.99.0369.jpg
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2004.99.0371.jpg
2006.20.0232.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos.
2006.20.0233.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos.

2006.20.0235.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos, showing the mouth.
2006.20.0236.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos.
2006.20.0237.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos.

2006.20.0239.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos.

2006.20.0241.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian white-ground lekythos.