Attic White Ground Lekythos
White ground technique is a style of white ancient greek pottery and the painting in which figures appear on a white background.
Attic white ground lekythos. Its dimensions are h. Its dimensions are h. An exaleiptron a vessel designed to hold perfumed oil sits atop the tymbos which has been decorated with offerings of fillets or ribbons spears and leafy branches. Relief from a carved funerarylekythos national archaeological museum of athens.
It has a narrow body and one handle lekythos attic white ground lekythos c. Nevertheless a wide range of subjects are depicted. The image shown on the lekythos is of two women one a maid and one a mistress. Attic white ground lekythos c.
An attic outline white ground lekythos 10 5 8 in. The image shown on the lekythos is of two women one a maid and one a mistress. 490 bc achilles dragging the body of hector the lekythos was used for anointing dead bodies of unmarried women and many lekythoi are found in tombs. It was especially associated with vases made for ritual and funerary use if only because the painted surface was more fragile than in the other main techniques of black figure and red figure vase painting.
These vases of limited production and use are conspicuous in the finesse of their design and also in their extreme fragility. It developed in the region of attica dated to about 500 bc. It is titled attic white ground lekythos ca. A lekythos plural lekythoi is a type of ancient greek vessel used for storing oil greek λήκυθος especially olive oil.
This athenian white ground lekythos depicts a woman performing these tasks. 460 bc and was painted by the achilles painter. Spanning barely a century the white ground style developed in athens alongside the red figure technique. It was possibly found in athens and is from the attica region and is labeled as early classical.
It was possibly found in athens and is from the attica region and is labeled as early classical. Please note this lot is the property of a private individual. 26 9 cm high attributed to the dessypri painter circa 430 b c. The rounded object behind the woman is the tymbos or grave mound.
Attic white ground lekythos painter of athens 1826 greek attic active about 460 450 b c 24 7 8 9 cm 9 3 4 3 1 2 in 86 ae 253 open content images tend to be large in file size. 460 bc and was painted by the achilles painter. It is titled attic white ground lekythos ca. An attic white ground lekythos attributed to the quadrate painter circa 450 430 bc.
The images on lekythoi were often depictions of daily activities or rituals. For a white ground lekythos by the quadrate painter with another example of the stele with acanthus and bird see the antikensammlung berlin acc.