Lekythos
MS5886
From: Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS5886 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Gnathian | South Italian |
Provenience | Italy |
Manufacture Location | Gnathia |
Date Made | 4th century BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Gnathia Ware |
Description | Intact save for minor chip of lip. Simply molded foot (wheel groove around edge); thick, short stem. Body truncated ovoid above and below. Neck spreading in profile. Lip trumpet shaped. Arched handle joined at shoulder and at neck. Fully glazed except for stem and underside of foot. Decoration in colors applied over glaze. On body net pattern. On shoulder a band of yellow. On neck, tongue pattern. Only white and yellow used. No incision. |
Height | 13.2 cm |
Outside Diameter | 6.5 cm |
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