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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Greek
Title:Lekythos
Date Made:Archaic Period or Classical Period; 6th - 5th c. BCE
Type:Ceramic
Materials:Ceramic; earthenware (red-figure ware)
Place Made:Magna Graecia (modern Italy)
Measurements:Overall: 4 in x 3 1/4 in; 10.2 cm x 8.3 cm
Accession Number:  MH 27.B.AIV
Credit Line:Purchase with the Nancy Everett Dwight Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
The squat lekythos is entirely covered with black glaze on which patterns are painted with yellow. A youth draped in a himation stands in profile to the left and is framed by sprial scrolls at each side. There are traces of spreading palmettes on the reverse.

Tags:
pottery; ancient; archaeology

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+27.B.AIV

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