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
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zinc 7% copper 16% cadmium 55% oxygen 22%