Lekythos (oil flask): Visit at Tomb
450-400 BCE
Description
White-ground lekythos (oil container) showing visit at tomb marked by tall, acanthus-crowned stele (marker). Bearded man wrapped in himation (mantle) on right, young beardless man with left hand raised on left. Palmette pattern on shoulder. Polychrome paint badly preserved; neck, mouth, and handle of vessel restored from fragments with some fill.
Dimensions
36 × 10.2 cm (14 3/16 × 4 in.)
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