Lot 27B
Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century BCE. A slender cylindrical vessel with a pronounced, flat foot, a thin neck rising to a flared, flat rim, a small strap handle, and a tapered body decorated with cross-hatching, fretted lines, and, below the shoulder, a band of narrow Greek keys. This example is remarkably well-preserved for such a delicate form. Size: 2.45" W x 7" H (6.2 cm x 17.8 cm)
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. The term white ground relates to the light slip coating on the body and shoulder of the vase. Upon this background, motifs were drawn in outline and then hand painted in rich colors. The vast majority of these vessels were created for burial with the dead or to be offerings presented at their graves.
Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA; ex-Bonham's London Antiquities Auction, 8 May, 2013, part of lot 111; ex-collection of the late Anthony Quinn (21 April, 1915 - 03 June, 2001), acquired between the 1960s and 1970s
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#132908
- Condition: Intact, with small chips and nicks from surface and pigment commensurate with age. Nicely preserved motifs.
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