Small Athenian lekythos
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AR2461
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Athenian lekythos (vessel for oil storage)
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| Material: |
Red clay with glossy black slip
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| Date: |
Around 400 B.C.
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| Description: |
Bulbous lekythos with broad ring-shaped base separated from the body by a deep groove. High conical neck, small flat handle. Covered by glossy black slip on in- and outside with the exception of the bottom.
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| Size: |
Height 66 mm, diameter 58 mm
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| Condition: |
Good condition. Surface strongly worn with many chips, body undamaged.
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| References: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Zürich, Öffentliche Sammlungen, Pl. 24.17-18
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2018 from the German family collection Bergweiler which was formed over several generations. Acquired by Ä. and P. Bergweiler June 10th 1965 at Antiquitätenhandlung Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany.
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| Authenticity: |
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