Black glazed terracotta, white highlights
H. 19,3 cm
Greece, 1st quarter 500th century. av. AD, 475-XNUMX
For a similar lekythos model
Athenian class 581 black-figure lekythos depicting dancers, 500-475 BC. AD, Louvre Museum, Paris, F 461; ED 72; No. 3208
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence test
Decor on the shoulder, tongue and lotus buttons. At the top of the body band of staggered dots. The main scene features two dancers dressed in chiton and himation, their heads turned to the left, while their arms wave in the opposite direction. Faces, arms and feet painted white (classic depiction of women on black-figure ceramics). In the field, plant branches and white dots. Under the stage, black net. Neck, handle, lower body and foot varnished black.
A Greek archaic black-figured lekythos, 1st quarter of the 5th century BC
Decor on the shoulder, tongue and lotus buttons. At the top of the body band of staggered dots. The main scene features two dancers dressed in chiton and himation, their heads turned to the left, while their arms wave in the opposite direction. Faces, arms and feet painted white (classic depiction of women on black-figure ceramics). In the field, plant branches and white dots. Under the stage, black net. Neck, handle, lower body and foot varnished black.
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