Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet
Classical
ceramics
lekythos, deaccessioned, returned, avfört, återlämnat
1.3.0 2026-08-23 lekythos, deaccessioned, returned, avfört, återlämnat Rådata 3100838 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet SMVK-MM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3100838 NM Ant 0413 White-ground lekythos. Trumpet mouth; groove at junction between mouth and neck; tall, narrow neck; moulding at junction between neck and shoulder; sloping shoulder; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; tall, grooved base; central nipple on underside. Yellowish red clay; black glaze; added white, red, pink and brown paint. Mouth top reserved; shoulder and most of body have white ground; two bands encircling outer edge of shoulder/upper part of body; two bands above figures; further down on body a bier with the deceased seen in profile, facing right, lying with his head propped up by a pillow; at the feet of the deceased stands a mourning woman; further to the right is a grave stele; brown base line; reserved groove at junction between body and base; edge of base and underside reserved. NM Ant 0413, Gift from the Swedish and Norwegian Consul at Piraeus, Mr. M. N. Rodocanachi, June 2, 1880., An empty box on the shelf is marked 413., Object is not at Medelhavsmuseet. For information about this object, contact Nationalmuseum./2019-01-02, A lekythos (pl. lekythoi) is generally a taller, cylindrical vessel with a small, deep mouth, narrow neck and a single handle. However, many variants of the shape do exist, including the rounded, squat form and the ovoid “Deianeira” form, all in various sizes. They were used for the storage of oils and are especially associated with funerary contexts. Towards the end of the fourth century BC they were functionally replaced by the unguentaria., Mended. Lacunae. Much paint gone. Worn., Mended and cleaned in 1994 by conservator Elisabeth Tebelius-Murén, the National Museum., H 38.7. Ø of rim 7.1. Ø of base 6.5., Triglyph Painter., J. Burns, ‘A remarkable prothesis scene on a white ground lekythos in Stockholm’, MedMusB 29, 1994, 33-46., Attic, White-ground, Burns, John (1994) "A Remarkable Prothesis Scene on a White Lekythos in Stockholm" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 29 (1995), p. 33-46. Brukad Classical Ägd Nationalmuseum, Stockholm image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3780963/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3780964/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by SESAM-projektet Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3780969/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3780970/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Stalteri Marcus, Anna Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3780972/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3780973/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Stalteri Marcus, Anna Statens museer för världskultur http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914849 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914850 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914851 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914852 http://libris.kb.se/bib/3762418 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3100838 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3100838 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3100838
Description
White-ground lekythos. Trumpet mouth; groove at junction between mouth and neck; tall, narrow neck; moulding at junction between neck and shoulder; sloping shoulder; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; tall, grooved base; central nipple on underside. Yellowish red clay; black glaze; added white, red, pink and brown paint. Mouth top reserved; shoulder and most of body have white ground; two bands encircling outer edge of shoulder/upper part of body; two bands above figures; further down on body a bier with the deceased seen in profile, facing right, lying with his head propped up by a pillow; at the feet of the deceased stands a mourning woman; further to the right is a grave stele; brown base line; reserved groove at junction between body and base; edge of base and underside reserved.
Inventory number
NM Ant 0413
Acquisition
Gift from the Swedish and Norwegian Consul at Piraeus, Mr. M. N. Rodocanachi, June 2, 1880.
Comments
An empty box on the shelf is marked 413.
Object is not at Medelhavsmuseet. For information about this object, contact Nationalmuseum./2019-01-02
A lekythos (pl. lekythoi) is generally a taller, cylindrical vessel with a small, deep mouth, narrow neck and a single handle. However, many variants of the shape do exist, including the rounded, squat form and the ovoid “Deianeira” form, all in various sizes. They were used for the storage of oils and are especially associated with funerary contexts. Towards the end of the fourth century BC they were functionally replaced by the unguentaria.
Condition
Mended. Lacunae. Much paint gone. Worn.
Conservation / Executed
Mended and cleaned in 1994 by conservator Elisabeth Tebelius-Murén, the National Museum.
Dimensions
H 38.7. Ø of rim 7.1. Ø of base 6.5.
Cf Publications
Triglyph Painter.
Publications
J. Burns, ‘A remarkable prothesis scene on a white ground lekythos in Stockholm’, MedMusB 29, 1994, 33-46.
Pottery Ware
Attic
White-ground
Referens, publicerad i
Burns, John (1994) "A Remarkable Prothesis Scene on a White Lekythos in Stockholm" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 29 (1995), p. 33-46.
Material, engelska
Clay
Earthenware
Pottery
Material
Keramik
Height / Höjd
Diameter
Object
lekythos
deaccessioned
returned
Object, Swedish
avfört
återlämnat
Brukad
Ägd
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
SESAM-projektet
Statens museer för världskultur
Stalteri Marcus, Anna