Aryballus lekythos, Ancient Greece, antiquity. Bird iconography. Ceramics; red-figure pottery; Greek pottery; ancient vessel; lekythos; Southern Italy. Reddish-brown clay with black, slightly shiny, well-covering varnish, also on the underside of the foot and inside the handles. Low echinus-shaped foot; spherical, slightly flattened body. Low, narrow neck with a funnel-shaped rim with a thickened lip. Body decoration: bird in left profile with beak raised. 4th century BC. Aryballus lekythos vessel. Height 9.3 cm; width 7.6 cm., A rounded ceramic vessel with a narrow flared neck sits against a plain gray background, showing a palette of black and tan with areas of lighter brown wear; the neck is primarily black with vertical tan stripes, the bulbous body features sweeping black painted motifs and dotted patterns on a tan field, and the base is dark with signs of surface aging and small patches where the black paint has worn away.
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Aryballus lekythos, Ancient Greece, antiquity. Bird iconography. Ceramics; red-figure pottery; Greek pottery; ancient vessel; lekythos; Southern Italy. Reddish-brown clay with black, slightly shiny, well-covering varnish, also on the underside of the foot and inside the handles. Low echinus-shaped foot; spherical, slightly flattened body. Low, narrow neck with a funnel-shaped rim with a thickened lip. Body decoration: bird in left profile with beak raised. 4th century BC. Aryballus lekythos vessel. Height 9.3 cm; width 7.6 cm., A rounded ceramic vessel with a narrow flared neck sits against a plain gray background, showing a palette of black and tan with areas of lighter brown wear; the neck is primarily black with vertical tan stripes, the bulbous body features sweeping black painted motifs and dotted patterns on a tan field, and the base is dark with signs of surface aging and small patches where the black paint has worn away.

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Aryballus lekythos Ancient Greece antiquity Bird iconography Ceramics red-figure pottery Greek pottery ancient vessel lekythos Southern Italy Reddish-brown clay black slightly shiny well-covering varnish also underside foot inside handles Low echinus-shaped foot spherical slightly flattened body Low narrow neck funnel-shaped rim thickened lip Body decoration bird left profile beak raised 4th century BC Aryballus lekythos vessel Height 9.3 cm width 7.6 cm rounded ceramic vessel narrow flared neck sits plain gray background showing palette tan areas lighter brown wear neck primarily black vertical tan stripes bulbous body features sweeping black painted motifs dotted patterns tan field base dark signs surface aging small patches black paint worn away.

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