VesselsGreek5th century BCE

Lekythos (oil flask): Offerings at a Tomb

430 BCE

Description

Offerings at a tomb; in center a Doric stele on two stpes hung with red garlands; at l. a draped female figure and on the r. a youth wearing a cloak in red ; between him and the stele a "soul" in silhouette, almost entirely obliterated

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

26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.)

Provenance

JCH purchased in Athens 1897.

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