Vases Red-figure Lekythos Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Red-figure Attributed to the Sabouroff Painter · Lekythos · ca. 450 BCE
Lekythos. Greek, Attic. Classical. Classification: Vases. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1907. Gallery 159.

Attribution History

Current
Met Museum catalogue
Source: met_import

Depicted Scenes

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Funerary

Bibliography

12 references
Books & Monographs
Morais, R., Centeno, R., and Freitas Ferreira, D. (eds.), Myths, Gods and Heroes. Greek Vases in Portugal – Mitos, Deuses e Heróis. Vasos Gregos em Portugal (Porto, 2022) (2022) — I, 275, FIG.11 (COLOUR OF BD)
Zanker, P., Afterlives, Ancient Greek Funerary Monuments in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 2021) (2021) — 48, FIG.9 (COLOUR OF BD)
Giudice E., Il tymbos, la stele e la barca di Caronte, L'Immaginario della morte sulle lekythoi funerarie a fondo bianco (Rome, 2015) (2015) — 2, FIG.1 (PARTS OF BD)
Osborne, R., The History Written on the Classical Greek Body (Cambridge, 2011) (2011) — 161, FIG.6.3 (PART OF BD)
La Torre, G.F. and Torelli, M. (eds.), Pittura Ellenistica in Italia e in Sicilia, Linguaggi e tradizioni, Atti del Convegno di Studi (Messina, 24-25 settembre 2009) (Rome, 2011) (2009) — FIG.33A (PART OF BD)
Picon, C.A., Mertens, J.R., et al., Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome (New York, 2007) (2007) — 139, NO.157 (COLOUR OF BD)
Oakley, J., Picturing Death in Classical Athens, The Evidence of the White Lekythoi (Cambridge, 2004) (2004) — COLOUR PLATE 2A-2B (COLOUR OF BD)
Robertson, C.M., The art of vase-painting in classical Athens (Cambridge, 1992) (1992) — 202, FIG.212 (PART)
Journal Articles
Minerva, International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology (2006) — 17.1 (JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2006) 39, FIGS.6-7 (COLOUR OF BD)
Catalogues & Reference Works
Carpenter, T.H., with Mannack, T. and Mendonca, M., Beazley Addenda, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1989) (1989) — 297
Burn, L. and Glynn, R., Beazley Addenda (Oxford, 1982) (1982) — 145
Beazley, J.D., Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963) (1963) — 846.190

Provenance

2 recorded events
Discovery
Athens, Greece
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First recorded
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Current location
Shape
Technique
Period
Classical
Date
ca. 450 BCE
Culture
Greek, Attic
Attribution
Attributed
Findspot
Athens, Greece
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession Number
07.286.40
Image Source
met_cc0
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