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Accession_Number

60.1.2

Shape

Lekythos

Shape_description

Pagenstecher lekythos. (Restored rim); thin neck from the middle of which handle protrudes horizontally before sloping down to rounded body; broad foot; concave underside

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Sicilian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/6

Decoration

Bird (swan) between two markings. Beneath handle palmette, flanked by two markings. Lower part of body and top of foot black. Side of foot and base reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Missing mouth and upper neck, which have been restored. Surface powerdery and worn, with glaze missing in patches.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

Late Classical / Early Hellenistic

Date

325-300

Dating_details

Artist

Marianopoli-Gela Group

Attribution

Michael Turner (correspondence 1/2004)

Image

2003.97.0375.jpg	Left side view of a Sicilian Pagenstecher lekythos, showing marking which flanks main design.
2003.97.0376.jpg	Right side view of a Sicilian Pagenstecher lekythos, showing marking which flanks main design.
2003.97.0377.jpg	Top view of a Sicilian Pagenstecher lekythos, showing restored rim.
2003.99.0035.jpg	Right side view of a Sicilian Pagenstecher lekythos, showing a palmette tendril.
2003.99.0036.jpg	Back view of a Sicilian Pagenstecher lekythos, showing a palmette beneath the handle.
2003.99.0037.jpg	Left side view of a Sicilian Pagenstecher lekythos, showing marking which flanks main design.
2003.99.0038.jpg	Front view of a Sicilian Pagenstecher lekythos, showing a swan in profile to the left.
2003.99.0039.jpg	Oblique 3/4-view of the right side, from above, of a Sicilian Pagenstecher lekythos, showing a swan facing away from a palmette tendril.
2003.99.0045.jpg	Bottom view of a Sicilian Pagenstecher lekythos, showing reserved base and bottom part of swan design.