Caption

Black-finned aryballois lekythos. Large, ring-shaped foot. The body is rather squat, barrel-shaped with rounded shoulders. The neck is quite narrow, clearly separated from the body and the flaring rim. In the upper part of the body there is a slightly irregular clay-colored orange band not covered with black finish; on it, at the front, a rather carelessly executed meander interrupted with black paint. The upper part of the device is tilted to the left. Black-finned pottery, lekythos. Condition: minor chips, rim edge worn. 4th century BC 1st half of the 19th century noted, unknown place of origin. Vessel height 10.9 cm, diameter 5.4 cm., A single ceramic vessel with a handle and narrow neck sits against a gray background; the vessel is primarily black with a band of orange-beige around its shoulder that contains a repeating dark decorative motif, and the surface shows areas of wear and small pale flecks; the handle and rim also show worn black paint revealing the orange-beige beneath, and the base has a thin lighter rim with similar wear.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A19_161

License type

Rights managed

Available size

21.5Mb (298.0Kb) / 7.5in x 11.2in / 2235 x 3361 (300dpi)

Keywords

Black-finned aryballois lekythos Large ring-shaped foot body squat barrel-shaped rounded shoulders neck quite narrow separated flaring rim upper part slightly irregular clay-colored orange band covered black finish front carelessly executed meander interrupted black paint device tilted left Black-finned pottery lekythos Condition minor chips rim edge worn 4th century BC 1st half 19th century noted unknown place origin Vessel height 10.9 cm diameter 5.4 cm single ceramic vessel handle narrow sits gray background vessel primarily black band orange-beige shoulder contains repeating dark decorative motif surface areas wear small pale flecks rim also worn black paint revealing orange-beige beneath base thin lighter rim wear.