White-ground Greek lekythos
Artist
Unidentified artist
Dateca. 450 BC
MediumFired terra-cotta with white ground and incised decoration
Dimensions12 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (32.4 x 9.5 cm)
CultureGreece, Athens
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineTransferred from University Collections
Terms
- Ellás
- Ceramics
- Vessels - Jugs- Lekythoi
- terra-cotta
- Vessels-- Jugs-- Lekythoi
- Greek
Object number77.052
Label CopyThis kind of vessel was used to hold oil, usually made from olives, with which people would cleanse themselves. Lekythoi like this one were also buried with the dead. Large stone versions, like the one in the grave scene painted on the side of this example, were used as funerary monuments.Collections
ca. 500 B.C.
Unidentified artist
Unidentified artist