Lot Essay
The subject of this vase is likely the presentation of marriage gifts to a bride.
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PROPERTY FROM THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED SQUAT LEKYTHOS
CIRCA 430 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED SQUAT LEKYTHOS
CIRCA 430 B.C.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 430 B.C.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
Provenance
with Pascal & Geladakis, New York.
Acquired by The Toledo Museum of Art from the above, 1917 (Accession no. 1917.131).
Acquired by The Toledo Museum of Art from the above, 1917 (Accession no. 1917.131).
Literature
R.M. Riefstahl, "Greek Vases," The Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, Vol. 11, no. 2, 1968, p. 46.
C.G. Boulter and K.T. Luckner, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, The Toledo Museum of Art, Fasc. 1, Toledo, 1976, p. 29, pl. 42.1-3.
G. Ferrari, Figures of Speech: Men and Maidens in Ancient Greece, Chicago, 2002, p. 73, fig. 108.
Beazley Archive Database no. 693.
C.G. Boulter and K.T. Luckner, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, The Toledo Museum of Art, Fasc. 1, Toledo, 1976, p. 29, pl. 42.1-3.
G. Ferrari, Figures of Speech: Men and Maidens in Ancient Greece, Chicago, 2002, p. 73, fig. 108.
Beazley Archive Database no. 693.