Attic White Ground Lekythos

The image shown on the lekythos is of two women one a maid and one a mistress.

Attic white ground lekythos.

Nevertheless a wide range of subjects are depicted. White ground technique is a style of white ancient greek pottery and the painting in which figures appear on a white background. Bowls alabastra and lekythoi in particular feature among the vessels produced. An exaleiptron a vessel designed to hold perfumed oil sits atop the tymbos which has been decorated with offerings of fillets or ribbons spears and leafy branches.

Attic white ground lekythos painter of athens 1826 greek attic active about 460 450 b c 24 7 8 9 cm 9 3 4 3 1 2 in 86 ae 253 open content images tend to be large in file size. For a white ground lekythos by the quadrate painter with another example of the stele with acanthus and bird see the antikensammlung berlin acc. An attic white ground lekythos attributed to the quadrate painter circa 450 430 bc. These vases of limited production and use are conspicuous in the finesse of their design and also in their extreme fragility.

460 bc and was painted by the achilles painter. Relief from a carved funerarylekythos national archaeological museum of athens. 26 9 cm high attributed to the dessypri painter circa 430 b c. Spanning barely a century the white ground style developed in athens alongside the red figure technique.

Its dimensions are h. It is titled attic white ground lekythos ca. F2452 beazley archive vase no. The rounded object behind the woman is the tymbos or grave mound.

It was possibly found in athens and is from the attica region and is labeled as early classical. 490 bc achilles dragging the body of hector the lekythos was used for anointing dead bodies of unmarried women and many lekythoi are found in tombs. 460 bc and was painted by the achilles painter. An attic outline white ground lekythos 10 5 8 in.

This athenian white ground lekythos depicts a woman performing these tasks. Its dimensions are h. It was possibly found in athens and is from the attica region and is labeled as early classical. Attic white ground lekythos c.

490 bc achilles dragging the body ofhector below left. It has a narrow body and one handle lekythos attic white ground lekythos c. Please note this lot is the property of a private individual. It is titled attic white ground lekythos ca.

A lekythos plural lekythoi is a type of ancient greek vessel used for storing oil greek λήκυθος especially olive oil. It was especially associated with vases made for ritual and funerary use if only because the painted surface was more fragile than in the other main techniques of black figure and red figure vase painting.