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Attic Black-Figure Lekythos Fragment

Black-figure Athena Painter · Lekythos · 500–490 B.C.

Part of the head, upper body and left arm of a male figure to the right. He looks right and raises his left hand, of which the thumb is preserved, but the other fingers mostly missing. Traces of added red above his ear indicate that he wears a fillet. He is clothed in a pleated himation and white chiton. In the field: vines; a section of one branch remains behind the man's head

Shape

Lekythos

Technique

Black-figure

Date

500–490 B.C.

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Painter

Athena Painter

Attribution

Attributed