Black-figure pattern lekythos Maker: Unknown

ca. 475–425 B.C.

Ancient Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium

Orange buff ware, black -figure decoration

Dimensions

Preserved H.: 5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm)
H. to shoulder: 4 in. (10.1 cm)
Diam.: 2 in. (5.2 cm)
Diam. of foot: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)

Credit Line

The Whiting Palestinian Collection

Accession Number

1912.305a-b

Culture

Greek, Attic

Period

Archaic

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Said to have come from near Aleppo; acquired in Palestine for Yale University by John David Whiting at the American Colony Store, Jerusalem, during or prior to 1912
Bibliography

  • Susan B. Matheson, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Yale University Art Gallery (Darmstadt, Germany: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2016), 49, no. 37, pl. 97.3-4, fig. 32.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

lekythoi

Signed

n.s.

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