Lekythos
L-64-223
From: Italy | South Italy | Apulia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-64-223 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Apulian | South Italian |
| Provenience | Italy | South Italy | Apulia |
| Manufacture Location | Apulia |
| Date Made | 399-300 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Red Figure |
| Iconography | Winged Figure | Winged Male |
| Description | Body in the general form of an acorn, the cap below, the domed part above. On the upper part: kneeling winged male (?) (or hermaphrodite?) figure, nude, facing left, left hand on ground, holding a "xylophone" (see below) in right hand. Below handle a palmette. On convex ledge between upper and lower part: wave pattern. Lip once broken off and glued back. Otherwise intact. Fine grained buff clay. |
| Height | 14.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7.3 cm |
| Other Number | 99-155 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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