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White-Ground Lekythos: Visit at Tomb

White-Ground Lekythos: Visit at Tomb

VesselsGreek5th century BCE

White-Ground Lekythos: Visit at Tomb

5th century BCE

Description

In the center there is a gravestone, topped by two symmetrical scrolls and a palmette in red and black. A dark red garland is tied around it. On the left stands a woman wearing a cloak (himation) over a tunic (chiton) and with a fillet around her head; on the right there is a helmeted warrior in a red cloak. The decoration on this vase may not be entirely original.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, High

Century

5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

24 cm (9 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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