1.3.02026-07-19lekythosRådata3100708objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3100708NM Ant 0048White-ground lekythos. Cup mouth; narrow neck; almost flat shoulder; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; disc base in two degrees with concave underside. Light brown clay; black glaze, partly misfired to reddish brown; red wash; matt, red and lustrous, white and green paint. Mouth black except top; outside of handle, lower body and base top black; one row of bars and one of rays on the reserved shoulder; most of body has white ground; right below shoulder a red meander between green bands; opposite handle a sitting youth, seen in profile, wearing a himation on his lower body, holding an object in his hands – probably facing a decorated grave stele to the left (only the taeniae are visible); black band encircling lower base edge; underside reserved; red wash on reserved areas.NM Ant 0048, Acquired by prince Oscar (later king Oscar II). Transferred from Gustaf III:s Museum of Antiquities to the National Museum., 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., Gustaf III's Museum of Antiquities n°663. Äldre bild A.Stalteri Marcus., Base chipped. Surface damaged., H 16.6. Ø of rim 3.4. Ø of base 4.4., (B. Strandman, Nationalmusei vita lekyter. Kommenterad katalog, 28)., Attic, White-groundFörvärvadOscar IIBrukadClassicalÄgdNationalmuseum, Stockholmimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3778362/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3778361/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byUppgift om fotograf saknasStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3778365/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3778366/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#bySESAM-projektetStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3778368/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3778369/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#bySESAM-projektetStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3778375/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3778374/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byUppgift om fotograf saknasStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1533353http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3100708http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3100708http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3100708