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NM Ant 1259 :: lekythos

Object description: White-ground lekythos. Cup mouth with straight sides; narrow neck; sloping shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; disc base. Light red clay; black glaze, partly misfired; added white. Mouth black except top; on shoulder one row of bars and one of rays; outside of handle black; black band encircling angle between shoulder and body; on body opposite handle three palmettes and scrolls separated by black arcs and lotus buds(?) – all on white ground, added white and incisions; remaining part of body and base top black; three wet-incised bands on lower body; one narrow band encircling base edge.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 1259

Serie nummer

1026

Object

lekythos

Country - Findspot

Greece : Europe

Region - Findspot

Attica

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

Deposited in 1887 by the Technical School, Stockholm, in the National Museum.

Description

White-ground lekythos. Cup mouth with straight sides; narrow neck; sloping shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; disc base. Light red clay; black glaze, partly misfired; added white. Mouth black except top; on shoulder one row of bars and one of rays; outside of handle black; black band encircling angle between shoulder and body; on body opposite handle three palmettes and scrolls separated by black arcs and lotus buds(?) – all on white ground, added white and incisions; remaining part of body and base top black; three wet-incised bands on lower body; one narrow band encircling base edge.

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