Attic Red Figure Lekythos

Height 5 1 8 inches.

Attic red figure lekythos.

White ground with glaze and matt outlines and added colours style. Munich museum antiker kleinkunst size. Red figure pottery grew in popularity and by the early 5th century bce it had all but replaced black figure pottery as the predominant pottery type in athens. In the shoulder and cylindrical types which became the most common especially the latter the.

The oinochoe is more like a modern jug. Open content images tend to be large in file size. Eucharides painter greek attic active about 500 470 b c 33 8 cm 13 5 16 in 73 ae 23. The style is characterized by drawn red figures and a painted black background.

Attic pottery was exported to magna graecia and even etruria the preference for attic vases led to the development of local south italian and etrurian workshops or schools strongly influenced by attic style but producing exclusively for local markets. New evidence on the mechanics of loom weights american journal of archaeology 85 1. A beautiful greek attic red figure lekythos featuring a funnelled neck leading to a stout rounded body the two of which are connected by a single curved handle. The last recorded examples of attic red figure pottery are.

A lekythos plural lekythoi is a type of ancient greek vessel used for storing oil greek λήκυθος especially olive oil it has a narrow body and one handle attached to the neck of the vessel and is thus a narrow type of jug with no pouring lip. To avoid potential data charges from your carrier we recommend making sure your device is connected to a wi fi network before downloading. A lekythos is a vessel used to store oil used for religious or funerary purposes. To avoid potential data charges from your carrier we recommend making sure your device is connected to a wi fi network before downloading.

The vase is made of a light red clay while the background of the vase decorative elements and details were added in a black slip. The lekythos is covered in a glossy black slip with the exception of the bottom rim and the female figure which forms its main decoration achieved through a complex three step firing process. Open content images tend to be large in file size. An attic red figured lekythos circa mid 5th century b c.

Richard hattatt new milton england charles ede ltd london 1986 exhibited. Von bothmer dietrich and alan l. White ground lekythos with inner compartment for a token amount of oil function. Francoeur scholarship fund at cranbrook academy of art.

Additions to attic black figure vase painters and to attic red figure vase painters 2nd edition. This lekythos is the cu art museum s only example of a vase decorated in the red figure technique. In the 5th century attic fine pottery now predominantly red figure maintained its dominance in the markets. The single handle on this vase.

Red figure pottery is a style of greek vase painting that was invented in athens around 530 bce. Ashmolean museum oxford 1982 labeled property from the george r. Carlsruhe painter greek active 475 450 b c 24 5 cm 9 5 8 in 71 ae 444.