Lekythos

63-26-4

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 63-26-4
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Attic
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made 550-525 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Figure
Iconography Man | Spear | Horse
Description

Shoulder lekythos. Disk foot, underside glazed. Top of foot and lower wall glazed. Above, l. to r.,(1) man in cloak, carrying stick (spear?), facing r.; (2) man in Phrygian cap and cloak carrying spears, points down, behind horse; (3) man in cloaked an petasos with two spears behind horse. On shoulder, lotus bud pattern. At base of neck, short vertical glazed lines. Handle and part of neck probably plaster. Neck and mouth alien.

Height 27.5 cm
Outside Diameter 12 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs Earl Ford, 1963

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