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Ancient Art
Attic White Ground black-figure Lekythos with Palmette decoration
ca. 500–475 B.C.
Terracotta; black-figure
19.7 × 6.7 cm (7 3/4 × 2 5/8 in.)
diameter of the mouth: 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.)
diameter of the foot: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
diameter of the mouth: 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.)
diameter of the foot: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Yale University Art Gallery
1967.74.8
Culture:
Greek, Attic
Period:
Classical
Classification:
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance:
Penciled on underside of foot: "CAMEIROS RHODES;" donor and date of donation to Yale unknown, but at Yale prior to 1967 (found in storage).
Bibliography:
Susan B. Matheson, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Yale University Art Gallery (Darmstadt, Germany: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2016), 48-49, no. 36, pl. 97.1-2, fig. 31.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.