Attic Black-Figured White Ground Lekythos

**Originally Listed At $900**

Ancient Greece, Athens, ca. 5th century BCE. A stunning white ground lekythos of a classic cylindrical body with a disc foot and a funnel lip. The piece is beautifully decorated with two registers of lattice motifs surrounding two registers of hearts alternating with dotted circular motifs. Below these are striated bands, and the shoulder is adorned by a ray band. Lekythos vases were among the various offerings and monuments paying tribute to the deceased in Athenian cemeteries. Lekythos vessels traditionally held oil and were decorated in the white ground technique from the middle until the end of the fifth century BCE. Size: 6.125" H (15.6 cm)

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Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Dr. G.S. collection, Nuremberg, Germany (1958-2003)

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Condition Report: A few chips to the rim. Surface wear with losses to pigment and abraded areas. However, much of the decorative program is nicely preserves. Base possibly reattached, or there just may be some deposits at juncture between lower end of body and base.