Greek Attic Black-Figure / White Ground Lekythos
Ancient Greece, Athens, Attic, ca. 5th century BCE. A lovely black-figure on white ground lekythos of a classic cylindrical body with a disc foot and a funnel lip. The body is beautifully decorated with a register of lattice motifs above a scrawling ivy vines with attached grape bunches, radiating frets encircling the shoulder, and solid black panels beneath the rim and above the foot. Lekythos vessels (plural lekythoi) traditionally held scented oils or perfumes and were decorated in the white ground technique from the middle until the end of the fifth century BCE. Size: 1.875" W x 5.5" H (4.8 cm x 14 cm).
Follow this link for a similar example in the NG Prague, Kinsky Palace - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Attic_black-figure_lekythos_floral_500-450,_Prague_Kinsky,_NM-H10_1676,_141939.jpg
Provenance: private Alabama, USA collection; ex-Roy Green collection aquired prior to 2013
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Condition Report: Repair to handle, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions and nicks to rim, handle, body, and foot, with fading and chipping to original pigmentation, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and traces of original pigmentation throughout.
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Ancient Greece, Athens, Attic, ca. 5th century BCE. A lovely black-figure on white ground lekythos of a classic cylindrical body with a disc foot and a funnel lip. The body is beautifully decorated with a register of lattice motifs above a scrawling ivy vines with attached grape bunches, radiating frets encircling the shoulder, and solid black panels beneath the rim and above the foot. Lekythos vessels (plural lekythoi) traditionally held scented oils or perfumes and were decorated in the white ground technique from the middle until the end of the fifth century BCE. Size: 1.875" W x 5.5" H (4.8 cm x 14 cm).
Follow this link for a similar example in the NG Prague, Kinsky Palace - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Attic_black-figure_lekythos_floral_500-450,_Prague_Kinsky,_NM-H10_1676,_141939.jpg
Provenance: private Alabama, USA collection; ex-Roy Green collection aquired prior to 2013
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#148713
Condition Report: Repair to handle, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions and nicks to rim, handle, body, and foot, with fading and chipping to original pigmentation, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and traces of original pigmentation throughout.
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