1.3.02026-09-06lekythosRådata3100710objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3100710NM Ant 0046White-ground lekythos. Cup mouth; narrow neck; moulding between neck and shoulder; sloping shoulder; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; grooved, convex disc base with concave underside. Light red clay; black glaze, partly misfired to red; red wash; matt, red and lustrous, white and green paint. Black mouth with red 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 row of green Z’s between bands; below this a female figure in front of a grave stele; base edge and underside reserved; red wash on reserved areas.NM Ant 0046, 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°660., Surface very damaged. Rim, shoulder and base top chipped. Piece gone from surface of lower body., H 27.5. Ø of rim 5.4. Ø of base 5.4., konservering, RAÄ, ATm, (B. Strandman, Nationalmusei vita lekyter. Kommenterad katalog, 26)., Attic, White-groundFörvärvadOscar IIBrukadClassicalÄgdNationalmuseum, Stockholmimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3778395/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3778396/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#bySESAM-projektetStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1533353http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3100710http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3100710http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3100710