Caption

Red-figure aryballus lekythos with a scene of Aphrodite's toilet, On the belly: Aphrodite crouching and Eros handing her an alabastron; Eros mythology, Aphrodite mythology, Greek deities; beginning of the 4th century BC previously dated to the 2nd quarter of the 4th century BC; findspot Nola, origin Campania; vessel, lekythos aryballus lekythos; height 16.5 cm, width 19.5 cm, weight 0.23 kg., An oval-shaped ceramic vessel with a narrow neck and flared mouth, featuring a single curved handle connecting the shoulder to the neck; the surface is predominantly black with areas of natural clay orange exposed in decorative motifs, including flowing spiral and leaf-like patterns around the body and banded ornamentation near the mouth and base; the vessel shows small areas of surface wear where the black coating has flaked, revealing the orange beneath, and the base has an uneven, slightly worn rim with traces of residue; overall the colors visible are black and orange.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A18_229

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71.7Mb (3.4Mb) / 13.9in x 20.0in / 4176 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Red-figure aryballus lekythos scene Aphrodite's toilet belly Aphrodite crouching Eros handing alabastron Eros mythology Aphrodite mythology Greek deities 4th century BC previously dated 2nd quarter 4th century BC findspot Nola origin Campania vessel lekythos aryballus lekythos height 16.5 cm width 19.5 cm weight 0.23 kg oval-shaped ceramic vessel narrow neck flared mouth featuring single curved handle connecting shoulder neck surface predominantly black areas natural clay orange exposed decorative motifs flowing spiral leaf- patterns body banded ornamentation near mouth base small areas surface wear black coating flaked revealing orange beneath uneven slightly worn rim traces residue colors visible black orange.