Attic Black-Figure Lekythos Artist: Class of Athens 581 (Greek, Attic. ca. 500–475 B.C.)

ca. 500–475 B.C.

Ancient Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Terracotta, black-figure

Dimensions

6 15/16 × 2 13/16 in. (17.7 × 7.1 cm)
diameter of foot: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)
diameter of mouth: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

Credit Line

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession Number

1967.74.17

Culture

Greek, Attic

Period

Classical

Classification

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Provenance
Unknown, but at the Yale University Art Gallery prior to 1967 (found in storage)
Bibliography
  • Susan B. Matheson, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Yale University Art Gallery (Darmstadt, Germany: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2016), 47, no. 34, pl. 96.1-4, fig. 29.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

lekythoi

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