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Marble funerary lekythos of Aristomache

ca. 375–350 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 158
Inscribed above the large standing figures, from left to right, Stratokleia Aiolos Aristomache Axiomache; below the seated woman, Leonike
Restored foot, mouth, and most of neck and handle

The deceased is presumably Aristomache, standing before her parents. She clasps the hand of her seated mother, while her father gestures to her. The group is flanked by two other female members of the family and two small servants.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Marble funerary lekythos of Aristomache
  • Period: Late Classical
  • Date: ca. 375–350 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Marble, Pentelic
  • Dimensions: H. as restored 63 in. (160 cm)
  • Classification: Stone Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.11.4
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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