Lekythos

L-64-30

From: Italy | South Italy | Apulia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number L-64-30
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Campanian | South Italian
Provenience Italy | South Italy | Apulia
Date Made 399-300 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Figure
Iconography Scythian
Description

Thick disc foot. Very slender ovoid body continuous in profile from bottom to top of lip. trumpet-shaped lip. Strap handle attached at base of lip and on lower shoulder. Reserved: underside of foot; body from lower wall to mid-neck; lower part of handle. Otherwise covered with black glaze. On front of body (opposite handle) is a large profile head, facing left, wearing a Phrygian cap. Decoration of cap in white and incision. Features of face in incision. Below handle on back is a large black palmette.

Intact.

Height 17.5 cm
Outside Diameter 6.2 cm
Other Number 82-23 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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