Lekythos
MS3006
From: Italy | Latium | Ardea
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS3006 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Italy | Latium | Ardea |
| Locus | Tomba a camera 1 | Chamber Tomb 1 |
| Date Made | 399-300 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Superposed Color |
| Description | On front (side opposite handle) is a standing, fully clothed youth (?). On either side of handle is a convilution of tendrils. Directly below the handle is a large leaf shaped like an ivy leaf on a slender stem. Tongue pattern around lower neck and shoulder. Around lower wall is a wheel-painted line serving as ground line for the decoration. Part of wall in front of figure missing. Restored from fragments. All the decoration is in light orange and is in general well preserved. Most of handle missing. |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
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