VesselsGreek5th century BCE

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.

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

36 × 10.2 cm (14 3/16 × 4 in.)

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