Lekythos
63-26-8
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 63-26-8 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Period | Classical Greek Period |
| Date Made | 475-450 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Red Figure |
| Iconography | Woman |
| Description | Shoulder lekythos, complete except for minor fragments. Disk foot, bevelled, glazed on top only. On wall on a reserved ground line a female figure in chiton, himation, and a sakkos strides to right, looking back, right hand extended back, left hand forward, holding a leafy branch. Above, a maeander pattern. On reserved shoulder, traces of a running palmette pattern. Neck reserved, lip and exterior of handle black. On base in pencil: "TXV" (possibly for Tomb XV?). Also "255" twice. |
| Height | 20 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs Earl Ford, 1963 |
| Other Number | 255 - Other Number | TXV - Other Number |
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