High lekythos found in Athens area
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Object number
AR2469
| Object: |
Athenian lekythos (vessel for oil storage)
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| Material: |
Red clay with black slip
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| Date: |
Mid 5th century B.C.
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| Description: |
High 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. Band of buds on shoulder, band of rays on the area connecting shoulder and neck. |
| Size: |
Height 178 mm, diameter 58 mm
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| Condition: |
Professionally restored from several fragments. Slip and painting widely preserved. Overall very good condition for an ancient vessel of this size.
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| References: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum Pl. 41.16 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Altenbrug, Staatliches Lindenau-Museum 1, Pl. 42.18 |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2018 from the German family collection Bergweiler which was formed over several generations. Acquired by Ä. and P. Bergweiler between 1965 and 1967 at Antiquitätenhandlung Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany. With note reporting that the vessel was found close to Athens.
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| Authenticity: |
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