Caption

Aryballus lekythos with a ring-shaped foot, a bulging belly, and a high neck widening towards the spout. A rounded vice is attached to the body and the middle of the neck. The vessel is covered with black finish. On the surface of the belly, the head of a woman in a cap turned to the right. Red-figure/black-finished Greek pottery, lekythos aryballus lekythos, late 5th–early 4th century BC. Origin: Attica; finding: Kerch. Dimensions: height 7 cm, width 9 cm, depth 5 cm., A top-down view of a round ceramic vessel against a gray background showing a circular opening and a short handle protruding from the rim; the vessel surface is mostly black with worn areas revealing tan and beige tones, and there are small patches where the black coating is chipped away showing underlying lighter colors; the rim area has a rough beige ring with dark inner shadow, and the handle has similar wear with contrasting black and tan; the overall texture appears weathered with scattered small light flecks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A18_217

License type

Rights managed

Available size

75.8Mb (627.7Kb) / 17.2in x 17.2in / 5147 x 5147 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aryballus lekythos ring-shaped foot bulging belly high neck widening towards spout rounded vice attached body middle neck vessel covered black finish surface belly head woman cap turned right Red-figure black-finished Greek pottery lekythos aryballus lekythos late 5th–early 4th century BC Origin Attica finding Kerch Dimensions height 7 cm width 9 cm depth 5 cm top-down view round ceramic vessel gray background showing circular opening short handle protruding rim vessel surface mostly black worn areas revealing tan beige tones small patches black coating chipped away showing underlying lighter colors rim area rough beige ring dark inner shadow handle wear contrasting black texture weathered scattered small light flecks.