Lekythos
L-64-30
From: Italy | South Italy | Apulia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-64-30 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Campanian | South Italian |
| Provenience | Italy | South Italy | Apulia |
| Date Made | 399-300 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Iconography | Scythian |
| Description | Thick disc foot. Very slender ovoid body continuous in profile from bottom to top of lip. trumpet-shaped lip. Strap handle attached at base of lip and on lower shoulder. Reserved: underside of foot; body from lower wall to mid-neck; lower part of handle. Otherwise covered with black glaze. On front of body (opposite handle) is a large profile head, facing left, wearing a Phrygian cap. Decoration of cap in white and incision. Features of face in incision. Below handle on back is a large black palmette. Intact. |
| Height | 17.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6.2 cm |
| Other Number | 82-23 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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