Attic Red Figure Lekythos
Height 5 1 8 inches.
Attic red figure lekythos. To avoid potential data charges from your carrier we recommend making sure your device is connected to a wi fi network before downloading. In the 5th century attic fine pottery now predominantly red figure maintained its dominance in the markets. Red figure pottery is a style of greek vase painting that was invented in athens around 530 bce. This lekythos is the cu art museum s only example of a vase decorated in the red figure technique.
Francoeur trust bloomfield hills michigan sold to benefit the george r. Red figure pottery grew in popularity and by the early 5th century bce it had all but replaced black figure pottery as the predominant pottery type in athens. Richard hattatt new milton england charles ede ltd london 1986 exhibited. Eucharides painter greek attic active about 500 470 b c 33 8 cm 13 5 16 in 73 ae 23.
A lekythos is a vessel used to store oil used for religious or funerary purposes. Munich museum antiker kleinkunst size. Open content images tend to be large in file size. Additions to attic black figure vase painters and to attic red figure vase painters 2nd edition.
The messenger god hermes bearded but youthful sits on the rocky shores of the river styx. To avoid potential data charges from your carrier we recommend making sure your device is connected to a wi fi network before downloading. Ashmolean museum oxford 1982 labeled property from the george r. In the shoulder and cylindrical types which became the most common especially the latter the.
Von bothmer dietrich and alan l. Carlsruhe painter greek active 475 450 b c 24 5 cm 9 5 8 in 71 ae 444. The style is characterized by drawn red figures and a painted black background. Francoeur scholarship fund at cranbrook academy of art.
White ground with glaze and matt outlines and added colours style. New evidence on the mechanics of loom weights american journal of archaeology 85 1. Open content images tend to be large in file size. The vase is made of a light red clay while the background of the vase decorative elements and details were added in a black slip.
The oinochoe is more like a modern jug. A beautiful greek attic red figure lekythos featuring a funnelled neck leading to a stout rounded body the two of which are connected by a single curved handle. An attic red figured lekythos circa mid 5th century b c. White ground lekythos with inner compartment for a token amount of oil function.
A lekythos plural lekythoi is a type of ancient greek vessel used for storing oil greek λήκυθος especially olive oil it has a narrow body and one handle attached to the neck of the vessel and is thus a narrow type of jug with no pouring lip. Funerary found in a grave at oropos near the attic boeotian border technique. The lekythos is covered in a glossy black slip with the exception of the bottom rim and the female figure which forms its main decoration achieved through a complex three step firing process.