Caption

Red-figure aryballus lekythos with a depiction of Eros and a woman, Darius Painter active 340–320 BC, 340–320 BC, Apulia; vessel lekythos, aryballus lekythos, height 23.3 cm, width 10.7 cm, A single narrow-necked ceramic vessel with a flared rim sits upright on a neutral background; the vessel has a bulbous body, a slender vertical neck, and a stepped circular base. The surface shows decorative painted patterns in dark black against an orange-brown clay color, with areas of lighter beige where the paint has worn; the design includes fan-shaped motifs and curling spiral elements wrapping around the body and a band of repeating wave-like shapes near the base. The rim and upper neck have a darker black coating with small areas of flaking that reveal the lighter clay beneath, and the overall color palette includes black, orange-brown, beige, and small touches of darker brown on the base.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A04_113

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (1.5Mb) / 13.3in x 20.0in / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Red-figure aryballus lekythos depiction Eros woman Darius Painter active 340–320 BC 340–320 Bc Apulia vessel lekythos aryballus lekythos height 23.3 cm width 10.7 cm single narrow-necked ceramic vessel flared rim sits upright neutral background vessel bulbous body slender vertical neck stepped circular base surface decorative painted patterns dark black orange-brown clay color areas lighter beige paint worn design includes fan-shaped motifs curling spiral elements wrapping body band repeating wave- shapes near base rim upper neck darker black coating small areas flaking reveal lighter clay beneath color palette black orange-brown beige small touches darker brown base.