Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Youth and woman at tomb
The depiction of a stele (grave monument) shows how funerary vases like this one were used. On the stepped plinth there are five standard lekythoi—two of which have toppled over—and one squat lekythos. In addition, there is a kylix (drinking cup) as well as two wreaths and a fillet (band). The mourners carry an aryballos and an alabastron, vases that probably contained perfumed oil.
The depiction of a stele (grave monument) shows how funerary vases like this one were used. On the stepped plinth there are five standard lekythoi—two of which have toppled over—and one squat lekythos. In addition, there is a kylix (drinking cup) as well as two wreaths and a fillet (band). The mourners carry an aryballos and an alabastron, vases that probably contained perfumed oil.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
- Artist: Attributed to the Bosanquet Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 440–430 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; white-ground
- Dimensions: H. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1923
- Object Number: 23.160.38
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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ca. 450–440 BCE
Bosanquet Painter
ca. 440–430 BCE
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ca. 550–530 BCE
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