White ground Lekythos: Meeting at the Tomb
On the shoulder: egg and dart pattern above three palmettes with alternating red and black petals.
On the body: in the center, there is a gravestone on a two-stepped platform with a crowning ornament of scrolls, acanthus leaves and palmettes which invades the top border. A series of red fillets are tied around the gravestone. Two small circular objects are suspended in the air; might be mirrors or libation bowls (phialai).
On the left there is a woman who approaches the tomb carrying a plemochoe (a distinctive type of vessel for perfumed oil) in her right hand and a fillet in her left. She wears her hair tied up by a red fillet, and she would have worn a red robe but only a few traces remain.
On the right, there stands a young man with brown hair in a yellow tunic (chiton) and red cloak (chlamys). His right hand rests on the gravestone and his left holds up a long spear. His traveller’s cap (petasos) and scabbard are partially visible behind him. His shield rests in side view against the gravestone.
A band of meander pattern decorates the top of the body.
The vase has been broken and mended extensively, with some overpainting.
On the body: in the center, there is a gravestone on a two-stepped platform with a crowning ornament of scrolls, acanthus leaves and palmettes which invades the top border. A series of red fillets are tied around the gravestone. Two small circular objects are suspended in the air; might be mirrors or libation bowls (phialai).
On the left there is a woman who approaches the tomb carrying a plemochoe (a distinctive type of vessel for perfumed oil) in her right hand and a fillet in her left. She wears her hair tied up by a red fillet, and she would have worn a red robe but only a few traces remain.
On the right, there stands a young man with brown hair in a yellow tunic (chiton) and red cloak (chlamys). His right hand rests on the gravestone and his left holds up a long spear. His traveller’s cap (petasos) and scabbard are partially visible behind him. His shield rests in side view against the gravestone.
A band of meander pattern decorates the top of the body.
The vase has been broken and mended extensively, with some overpainting.
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)