Légende

Aryballus lekythos, Ancient Greece, antiquity; Southern Italy, 4th century BC. Reddish-brown clay with black, slightly shiny, well-covering varnish also on underside of foot and inside handles. Low echinus-shaped foot; spherical, slightly flattened body; low narrow neck with funnel-shaped rim with thickened lip. Body decorated with a bird in left profile with beak raised. Lekythos/aryballus; ceramics, red-figure pottery, Greek pottery, ancient vessel. Height 9.3 cm, width 7.6 cm., A rounded ceramic vessel with a narrow neck, flaring rim, and single curved handle, shown against a plain gray background; the body is primarily a warm tan color with large areas of black decoration and blackened sections on the neck, rim, handle, and base, and there are a few dotted decorative elements and swirling black painted motifs on the tan surface.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A06_097

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

79.7Mo (974.5Ko) / 39.3cm x 50.8cm / 4644 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Aryballus lekythos Ancient Greece antiquity Southern Italy 4th century BC 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 decorated bird left profile beak raised Lekythos aryballus ceramics red-figure pottery Greek pottery ancient vessel Height 9.3 cm width 7.6 cm rounded ceramic vessel narrow neck flaring rim single curved handle shown plain gray background primarily warm tan color large areas black decoration blackened sections neck rim base dotted decorative elements swirling black painted motifs tan surface.