VesselsGreek5th century BCE

Lekythos (oil flask): Offerings at a Tomb

450 BCE-400 BCE

Description

Offerings at a tomb; in center, a garlanded stele with pediment on two steps; at r. a woman in a chiton with a cloak thrown over her l. shoulder, on the l. a draped youth leaning on a staff)

Classification

Vessels

Technique

White ground

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, High

Century

5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

30.4 cm (11 15/16 in.)

Provenance

JCH purchased in Athens 1897.

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