Red-figure Apulian lekythos
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Object number
AR3438
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Lekythos
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| Material: |
Red-figure pottery Red clay with black slip |
| Date: |
4th century B.C. South Italian, Apulian |
| Description: |
Small lekythos, the short cylindrical body is separated by a groove from the ring-shaped base. Long neck, wide flat lip with triangular cross-section. Decorated with the head of a woman between half-volutes, rays on neck.
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| Size: |
Height 54mm, diameter 105mm.
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| Condition: |
Very good condition, intact and not restored. The black slip is strongly work, but the decoration is still clearly visible.
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| References: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Heidelberg, Universität 2, Pl. 77.2 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Zürich, Öffentliche Sammlungen, Pl. 47.11-13 |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2023 from Mr. T. Schloessner, Germany. From the German private collection Steinbock, which was built up by the art historian R. Steinbock between 1920 and 1982, mainly acquiring from the German art market.
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| Authenticity: |
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