Caption

Red-figure aryballos lekythos, unknown Campanian workshop. A squat lekythos with a ring-shaped foot. The belly is broad, spherical, and flattened; the shoulders are rounded and broad. The narrow, low neck is as high as the rim. The rim is cup-shaped. The handle is ribbon-shaped, vertical. The front is decorated with a bar ornament at the base of the neck. The belly and arms depict a seated woman facing left: legs in profile left extended, right withdrawn, hips three-quarters en face, arms frontal, head in left profile. The left arm is wrapped around a himation, the hand resting on the hip; the right hand is outstretched, above which lies a tossed circular object of two light-colored parts ball or skein of wool?, each with a single black dot and separated by a dark stripe. Hair combed back and tied in a bun; woman wears a necklace and spherical-bead earrings depicted with dots. Sides feature vertically unwinding plant tendrils with spirally coiled ends. Reddish clay; turning lines visible. Neck diagonally cracked and glued; rim chipped. 2nd half of the 4th century BC, Campania. Vessel aryballos/lekythos. Height 10.8 cm; diameter 8.1 cm., A dark rounded ceramic vessel with a single curved handle and a narrow flaring neck sits against a gray background; the surface is predominantly black with areas of dark brown and worn lighter spots, and there are a few swirling decorative shapes in an orange tone on one side, while the rim and base show weathered gray and lighter abrasions.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A19_288

License type

Rights managed

Available size

22.7Mb (524.9Kb) / 8.6in x 10.3in / 2579 x 3077 (300dpi)

Keywords

Red-figure aryballos lekythos unknown Campanian workshop squat lekythos ring-shaped foot belly broad spherical flattened shoulders rounded narrow low neck high rim cup-shaped handle ribbon-shaped vertical front decorated bar ornament base neck arms depict seated woman facing left legs profile extended right withdrawn hips three-quarters en face arms frontal head left profile left arm wrapped himation hand resting hip right hand outstretched lies tossed circular object two light-colored parts ball skein wool single black dot separated dark stripe Hair combed back tied bun woman wears necklace spherical-bead earrings depicted dots Sides feature vertically unwinding plant tendrils spirally coiled ends Reddish clay turning lines visible Neck diagonally cracked glued rim chipped 2nd half 4th century BC Campania Vessel aryballos Height 10.8 cm diameter 8.1 cm dark ceramic vessel single curved flaring neck sits gray background surface predominantly black areas dark brown worn lighter spots swirling decorative shapes orange tone side weathered gray lighter abrasions.