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Lekythos; Attributed to the Aischines Painter; ca. 475-450 BC; 9.53

From:UC Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities

Name/TitleLekythos

About this objectThis lekythos was used for storing oils used in funerary rites. This is an incomplete vase; missing the mouth, handle and foot. The surviving portion is badly fired, particularly on the shoulder and at the back, resulting in the discolouration. The neck and the inner face of the handle were reserved (not painted with clay slip).

On the shoulder, five black-figure palmettes with a zone of bars above, at the base of the neck. On the body of the vase is a woman wearing a chiton (draped garment of clothing worn by both men and women) and himation (cloak), with her hair in a sakkos (a soft woven cap worn to cover the hair). She turns back towards the left of the vase, extending a phiale (a shallow libation bowl) over a mound-altar.

MakerAttributed to the Aischines Painter

Maker RoleArtist

Date Madeca. 475-450 BC

PeriodEarly Classical

Place MadeGreece

Medium and MaterialsCeramic: Pottery

Style and IconographyRed-figure

Style and IconographyAttic

TechniqueThrowing (pottery technique)

TechniqueRed-figure vase painting

MeasurementsHeight 143mm; Diameter 71mm.

Named CollectionThe James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Credit LineDonated by the Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney, 1953.

Object TypeContainers

Object number9.53