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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Greek
Title:Lekythos
Date Made:n.d.
Type:Container
Materials:terracotta with white and black glaze
Place Made:Greece
Measurements:4 1/4 x 2 3/16 in. diameter body; 10.795 x 5.5563 cm
Accession Number:  SC 2004.20.104
Credit Line:Gift of John Dusenbery in memory of Elsbeth Dusenbery (Elsbeth Brainan, class of 1940)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
black foot and bottom body, four figures, two walking with one on horseback between them toward the fourth, all carry spears, two running lions on top body, plain neck, black inner and outer rim and handle

Label Text:
This lekythos is of the Little Lion Class characterized by a very flat shoulder and a gently convex body tapering to a disk foot. It is so-called because of the lions on the shoulder.

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