Lekythos

63-26-2

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 63-26-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made ca. 500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Figure
Iconography Dionysos
Description

Shoulder lekythos. Disk foot, unglazed on underside and on edge, glazed above. Lower wall glazed. Two glazed bands, broad below, thin above, above lower wall. Upper is ground line for figured scene: in center, Dionysos standing behind a mule. To l. and r. a dancing female figure. On shoulder, lotus buds. Neck unglazed save for a row of short vertical strokes at base, Neck black on exterior. Handle missing. Repaired from fragments.

Height 23 cm
Outside Diameter 9 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs Earl Ford, 1963

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