Attic Lekythos, white ground

Title: Attic Lekythos, white ground
Inventory Number: A0013
Date Acquired: 1964
Source: George Allen, Hesperia Art
Provenance: Greece
From Date: -499
To Date: -450
Description: Trumpet-mouthed lekythos w body opposite handle decorated w flute player, facing r, at altar flanked by 2 dancing warriors; decoration in incision & added red; below main zone broad stripe flanked by two narrower stripes, lower body solidly coated to edge of base, exterior of which reserved; above main zone narrow band of dots with one stripe above, 2 below; shoulder decorated w two rows of radiating stripes lower longer than upper w band of dots between; exterior of handle and exterior and interior of mouth solidly coated.
State of Preservation: Restored fr 2 large fragments for body and base 1 frag constituting upper half of neck and mouth; some chipping & wear of painted surfaces.
Height: 18.7 cm
Max Diameter: 5.78 cm
Rim Diameter: 3.46 cm
Base Diameter: 4.91 cm
Color: Clay body 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow); white slip ca 10YR 8/4 (very pale brown); main decoration 10YR 2/1 (black); added red on helmets 10R 3/6 (dark red).
Notes: Slide Coll
Type: vessel
Material: fired clay