Athenian Lekythos with band of rays
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Object number
AR2236
| Object: |
Lekythos (oil vessel)
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| Material: |
Red clay with black slip
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| Date: |
First half 5th century B.C. Athenian |
| Description: |
Lekythos with discus foot. Almost flat shoulder, thin high neck, flat handle. The top of the foot, as well as the entire body, the outside of the handle and both sides of the mouth are covered with black slip. Shoulder with band of dots and rays. |
| Size: |
Height 115 mm, diameter 45 mm
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| Condition: |
Foot broken and re-attached, otherwise complete and undamaged. Small chips over the body, black slip partially strongly worn.
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| References: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Altenburg, Staatliches Lindenau-Museum 1, Pl. 42.12 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Stuttgart, Württembergisches Landesmuseum 1, Pl. 25.9 Oxford, Ashmolean Museum: 1940.90 |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2017 from the German private collection M. Voos, inherited in this from the German private collection H. Herbst. Acquired for the Herbst collection between 1976 and 1978 in London, probably at Davies Antiques Gallery.
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| Authenticity: |
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