Squat Lekythos
L-64-224
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Italy | South Italy | Apulia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | L-64-224 |
Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Apulian | South Italian |
Provenience | Italy | South Italy | Apulia |
Manufacture Location | Apulia |
Creator | Lecce Painter |
Period | Hellenistic Period |
Date Made | 4th century BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Red Figure |
Iconography | Woman | Snake | Youth | Altar | Necklace | Earring | Wreath | Mirror | Girl | Boy | Fan |
Description | Figured scene bordered above by egg pattern, below by a border of maeander and saltire square. In the scene, left to right, are the following: draped woman facing right holding a palm fan in left hand; a vertical snake (?); a nude boy, cloak over left arm; a larger scale female seated on a white alter, facing left, wearing necklace, earrings and a wreath (?), and holding a white mirror in her left hand; behind her another nude boy, garment draped around his upper arms and behind his back, holding a thyrsus; a girl, right hand on hip, holding a mirror in her left hand. Small palmettes on shoulder and large palmettes below handle. |
Height | 29.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 15.5 cm |
Other Number | 99-134 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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