Lekythos

MS5856

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS5856
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Attic
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made ca. 500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Figure
Iconography Man | Woman | Oxen | Fountain
Description

Intact Chimney lekythos. A man driving two oxen. In front of the oxen is a woman stepping up. In front of her is a fountain, with animal spout, in profile. Behind the fountain house is a mysterious arangement. It consists of two upright and two horizontal members from above and below. A roughly rectangular object rests on the lower horizontal, a vertical branch between the two. Above is a band of meander.

Height 19.3 cm
Outside Diameter 5.3 cm
Other Number MS#### (uncertain) - Other Number

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