Attic Red Figure Lekythos

A lekythos is a vessel used to store oil used for religious or funerary purposes.

Attic red figure lekythos.

A beautiful greek attic red figure lekythos featuring a funnelled neck leading to a stout rounded body the two of which are connected by a single curved handle. Richard hattatt new milton england charles ede ltd london 1986 exhibited. Open content images tend to be large in file size. The single handle on this vase.

Attic pottery was exported to magna graecia and even etruria the preference for attic vases led to the development of local south italian and etrurian workshops or schools strongly influenced by attic style but producing exclusively for local markets. In the 5th century attic fine pottery now predominantly red figure maintained its dominance in the markets. Funerary found in a grave at oropos near the attic boeotian border technique. Open content images tend to be large in file size.

To avoid potential data charges from your carrier we recommend making sure your device is connected to a wi fi network before downloading. New evidence on the mechanics of loom weights american journal of archaeology 85 1. To avoid potential data charges from your carrier we recommend making sure your device is connected to a wi fi network before downloading. A lekythos plural lekythoi is a type of ancient greek vessel used for storing oil greek λήκυθος especially olive oil it has a narrow body and one handle attached to the neck of the vessel and is thus a narrow type of jug with no pouring lip.

Munich museum antiker kleinkunst size. This lekythos is the cu art museum s only example of a vase decorated in the red figure technique. The messenger god hermes bearded but youthful sits on the rocky shores of the river styx. The oinochoe is more like a modern jug.

The style is characterized by drawn red figures and a painted black background. Eucharides painter greek attic active about 500 470 b c 33 8 cm 13 5 16 in 73 ae 23. Francoeur scholarship fund at cranbrook academy of art. Francoeur trust bloomfield hills michigan sold to benefit the george r.

Red figure pottery is a style of greek vase painting that was invented in athens around 530 bce. The last recorded examples of attic red figure pottery are. Additions to attic black figure vase painters and to attic red figure vase painters 2nd edition. Red figure pottery grew in popularity and by the early 5th century bce it had all but replaced black figure pottery as the predominant pottery type in athens.

Von bothmer dietrich and alan l. White ground with glaze and matt outlines and added colours style. Height 5 1 8 inches. Ashmolean museum oxford 1982 labeled property from the george r.

An attic red figured lekythos circa mid 5th century b c. White ground lekythos with inner compartment for a token amount of oil function. The lekythos is covered in a glossy black slip with the exception of the bottom rim and the female figure which forms its main decoration achieved through a complex three step firing process.