CIRCA 530-520 B.C.

Details

AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE EXALEIPTRON
CIRCA 530-520 B.C.
The lentoid body on flaring foot, the rim with band of alternate red and black tongues, framed by band of dots and lines, the lid with similar band of tongues framing the knob handle, with narrow bands at the rim, repaired
5½ in. (14 cm.) high

Provenance

Wilhelm Horn (1870-1959); acquired from Dr Lederer, 1938.

Exhibited

Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974, p. 41, no. 47, pl. 23.

Exaleiptra were made to contain expensive liquids such as oils, or powder, and are seen as belonging to a woman's toilette. They are also associated with funerary rites (as depicted on white-ground lekythoi).

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