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Lekythos (oil flask): Offerings at a Tomb

Lekythos (oil flask): Offerings at a Tomb

White-ground Lekythos · 430 BCE
Offerings at a tomb; in center a Doric stele on two stpes hung with red garlands; at l. a draped female figure and on the r. a youth wearing a cloak in red ; between him and the stele a "soul" in silhouette, almost entirely obliterated
Shape
Lekythos
Technique
White-ground
Period
Classical period, High
Date
430 BCE
Culture
Greek
Findspot
Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Accession Number
1925.30.52
Image Source
harvard

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