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Lekythos

Artist: Attributed to The Carlsberg Painter

scene of mourning, with a figure with a bird representing the mourner and a clothed youth probably representing the deceased

White ground painted with black glaze at top and bottom, covered about the middle with a thin whitewash on which is painted in red with traces of black a figure standing before a grave stone; around neck is an arabesque design in red paint and on shoulder a band of meander pattern in red underscored with two lines of yellow.

Date
c. 450-430 BCE
In our collection
since August the 22nd, 2013 up to now
Dimensions
11 1/4 x 4 x 3 in. (28.58 x 10.16 x 7.62 cm)
Location
Not on View
Medium
White ground slip glazed earthenware
Price
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Composition
zinc7%
copper16%
cadmium55%
oxygen22%