Lekythos

58-29-6

From: Italy | South Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 58-29-6
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Gnathian | South Italian
Provenience Italy | South Italy
Manufacture Location Gnathia
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

In center of front the profile head of a woman in white with yellow details, facing left. She wears an earring and her hair is bound in a kerchief tied together at the back to that the ends of her hair escape. To left and right elaborately scrolled tendrils. Intact, excellent, lustrous black glaze. Underside of foot unglazed. Lower wall and stem unglazed and covered with red color.

Height 14.6 cm
Outside Diameter 7.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1958
Other Number 99-165 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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