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THBGreek Attic White Ground Lekythos, ex-Bonhams
Lot 19
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Artemis Fine Arts
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century BCE. A slender cylindrical vessel with a pronounced, flat foot, a thin neck rising to a flared, flat rim, a small strap handle joining neck to shoulder, and a tapered body that was once decorated with complex iconography. What remains is a large bell-like shape and a figure's lower body, dressed in a long robe that hangs almost to his or her feet. Lekythos vases were among the various offerings and monuments paying tribute to the deceased in Athenian cemeteries. Lekythos vessels traditionally held oil and were decorated in the white ground technique from the middle until the end of the fifth century BCE. The term white ground relates to the light slip coating on the body and shoulder of the vase. Upon this background, motifs were drawn in outline and then hand painted in rich colors. The vast majority of these vessels were created for burial with the dead or to be offerings presented at their graves. Size: 3" W x 9" H (7.6 cm x 22.9 cm)
Provenance: private Houston, Texas, USA collection; ex-Bonhams London Antiquities Auction, May 8, 2013, part of lot 36; ex-Hans Henningsen collection, Copenhagen, Denmark, acquired in the 1950s
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#132911Spout restored from new clay. Otherwise in good condition, with some preservation of motifs.Condition
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