Side A (handle left)
Side B: oblique view from left
Side A: handle front
Handle rear: shoulder decoration
Side A: oblique view from right
Handle left: shoulder decoration
| Collection: | Johns Hopkins University Museum, Baltimore |
| Summary: | Grave stele flanked by woman and man |
| Ware: | Attic Red Figure, White Ground |
| Painter: | Attributed to the Group of the Bird Painter |
| Date: | ca. 440 BC - 420 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.246 m., D. mouth 0.046 m., D. foot 0.048 m. |
| Primary Citation: | |
| Shape: | Lekythos |
| Period: | High Classical |
Decoration Description:
The color of the figure scene and ornament is fired red. A maiden in right profile holds an object (now missing) in both hands. The color of her garment has faded, leaving only her nude body. She stands before a grave stele wrapped with taenia and surmounting a stepped base. On the other side of the stele is a youth, standing frontally, his head in left profile. He wears a himation, which is draped over his body, exposing his right shoulder and breast.
The upper surface of the lip is reserved. On the neck is a tongue pattern between single lines. On the shoulder is a scheme of three five-petal palmettes entwined in volutes. The central palmette is inverted, while the other two are turned toward the handle. Above the picture is a meander in groups of three, alternately leftward and rightward, separated by saltire squares. Two lines run above and beneath. There is a single line under the picture.
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Collection History:
Purchased in 1926 from Joseph Brummer, gift of Blanch Adler, Baltimore Museum of Art.
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