1.3.02026-08-23lekythos, returned, deaccessioned, återlämnat, avförtRådata3100576objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3100576NM Ant 0779White-ground lekythos. Cup mouth; narrow neck; moulding at junction between neck and shoulder; sloping shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; flattened handle from neck to shoulder; grooved disc base. Yellowish brown clay; black glaze; white, black and red paint. Mouth, neck, handle, lower body and base top black; on shoulder black and red palmettes on white ground; most of body white: four black and red bands right below shoulder, below this a standing youth and traces of a sitting figure; three narrow, light brown bands below figures; narrow red band on lower body.NM Ant 0779, Purchased in Greece in 1881 through the Swedish and Norwegian Consul at Piraeus, Mr. M. N. Rodocanachi., 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., Object is not at Medelhavsmuseet. For information about this object, contact Nationalmuseum./2019-01-02, Mended. Much paint gone., H 32.2. Ø of rim 6.2. Ø of base 7.3., B. Strandman, Nationalmusei vita lekyter. Kommenterad katalog, 52-53., White-ground, AtticBrukadClassicalÄgdNationalmuseum, Stockholmimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3776213/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3776214/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byStalteri Marcus, AnnaStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3776219/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3776220/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byStalteri Marcus, AnnaStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3100576http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3100576http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3100576