Lekythos
50-1-79
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 50-1-79 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Attic |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Attica |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Black Figure |
Iconography | Dionysos | Folding Stool | Nymph | Grape Vine | Furniture |
Description | Black figured lekythos. Intact, save for chips on foot. On shoulder palmette center, between two lotus blossoms; center of palmette dotted with red. On body, front: Dionysus seated on a folding stool; right: to each side a draped nymph, dancing (?). In the field grape tendrils and clusters. Added red for beard of Dionysus and touched on drapery of all three figures. |
Height | 14.8 cm |
Outside Diameter | 6.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. R. Hare Davis, 1950 |
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