Squat Lekythos

L-64-19

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Italy | Apulia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number L-64-19
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Gnathian | South Italian
Provenience Italy | Apulia
Manufacture Location Apulia
Period Hellenistic Period
Date Made 340-330 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Youth | Eros | Axe | Bird | Trap
Description

Decoration in white, yellow and incision.

On front: naked, male, youthful, winged figure facing left, right leg forward, kneeling on left knee. Right hand is just above right knee holding a small axe. Left hand is raised to level of chest holding an object interpreted as a trap for small animals (see below).

below the scene: egg pattern border. On neck: tongue(?) pattern. On shoulder: two zones of decoration: egg pattern above, pendants below. To right and left of the winged figure: tall spiral foliage.

Intact. Lower wall reserved and reddened.

Height 19.9 cm
Outside Diameter 7 cm
Other Number 82-24 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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