Lekythos
MS2253
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Cortona
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2253 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | South Italian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Cortona |
| Manufacture Location | South Italy |
| Date Made | 399-300 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Griffin |
| Description | Head of griffin to which is attached a lekythos neck and lip and a narrow vertical strap handle. Curved beak is closed. A serrated ridge down the center of its head. No top knot. The one preserved ear is straight upright. Grayish-brown clay, unglazed. |
| Height | 13.25 cm |
| Width | 5.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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