£ 480.00
A Greek black-figure terracotta lekythos. The vessel features a tapered body with a narrow neck and a small, deep mouth. A single handle joins the neck to the shoulder of the vessel. It has been decorated with glossy black paint against the red clay, and there is also glossy black paint on the vessel’s rim and base. The focus of the decoration is a meander motif in the body’s centre, which is framed by two motifs of square hatching. On the shoulder of the lekythos there is a series of vertical lines. Some black gloss also remains on handle, and some also remains on the interior of the rim.
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Lekythoi were used in Ancient Greece to preserve and pour perfumed oil and ointments: its particular shape limited the release of the content and was suitable to prevent waste. Lekythoi were mainly used at baths and gymnasiums and for funerary offerings, as they were sometimes used for anointing dead bodies.
To discover more about Greek black and red figure pottery, please visit our relevant blog post: Black and Red Figure Attic Pottery.
| Dimensions | H 12.7 cm |
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| Region | Southern Europe |
| Pottery | Terracotta |
