Caption

Red-figure aryballus lekythos depicting Eros and a woman, attributed to the Darius Painter active 340–320 BC, Apulia, 340–320 BC; vessel lekythos, aryballus lekythos, height 23.3 cm, width 10.7 cm., A rounded ceramic vessel with a narrow neck and flared mouth sits against a light gray background; the vessel's surface shows a palette of black and orange with areas of worn brown. The body features an orange-figured scene on a black field depicting a winged figure reaching toward a draped standing figure, both rendered in orange with black detailing; decorative bands and a wave-like border encircle the base in orange and black, and the neck shows alternating vertical orange and black stripes leading to a largely black flared rim that has worn orange edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A04_116

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60.2Mb (1.7Mb) / 12.5in x 18.7in / 3744 x 5616 (300dpi)

Keywords

Red-figure aryballus lekythos depicting Eros woman attributed Darius Painter active 340–320 BC Apulia 340–320 Bc vessel lekythos aryballus lekythos height 23.3 cm width 10.7 cm rounded ceramic vessel narrow neck flared mouth sits light gray background vessel's surface palette black orange areas worn brown body features orange-figured scene black field depicting winged figure reaching draped standing figure rendered black detailing decorative bands wave- border encircle base neck alternating vertical orange black stripes leading largely black flared rim worn orange edges.