Lot 71
71
AN ATTIC OUTLINE WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS
AN ATTIC OUTLINE WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS
AN ATTIC OUTLINE WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS
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AN ATTIC OUTLINE WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS

CIRCA 450 B.C.

Details
AN ATTIC OUTLINE WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS
CIRCA 450 B.C.
10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) high
Provenance
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XI, 2000, no. 91; Art of the Ancient World, vol. XXVII, 2016, no. 97).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1999.
Literature
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 23409.

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Lot Essay

On this lekythos a woman wearing a chiton and a himation with a striped edge walks to the right but looks back. She holds an open chest and a wreath in her left hand, a mirror in her right. For a discussion of domestic scenes featuring a single female figure see pp. 19-27 in J.H. Oakley, Picturing Death in Classical Athens, the Evidence of the White Lekythoi.

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