Lekythos

75-10-12

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 75-10-12
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Lydian
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 599-500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Intact save for a few chips (foot, shoulder). Foot truncated conical. Body profile: sharp articulation a little above foot; gentle concave curve above swelling to wide, sharply articulated shoulder. Broad shoulder with jog in profile at level of lower attachment of handle. Neck has spreading profile. Mushroom lip. Thickened strap handle attaching above to a ring encircling neck. Solid black glaze: on lip, handle, ring, and foot. Glaze lines (wheel-run) 3 on shoulder, 8 on body, 2 on neck above ring.

Height 16 cm
Outside Diameter 8.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Rodney S. Young, 1975

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