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Lekythos, Oil Vase, with Mourning Scene

Artist (Greek, Attic, active c. 450-420 BCE)
CultureGreek
Datec. 430-420 BCE
Mediumterracotta, white-ground ware
Dimensions9 7/8 x 2 in. (25.1 x 5.1 cm)
Classificationsceramics
Credit LineAckland Fund
Object number63.5.1
DescriptionTall lekythos. Black glaze on wide thick mouth inside and out, on neck, handle, lower part of body and topside of foot; horizontal surface of lip reserved. Reserved line marks join neck to shoulder; below, band of tongues in dilute matte brown, nearly obliterated. Scroll palmette on shoulder in faint brown. Maeander bordered by double brown lines above the figures.
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