Lekythos
MS2837
From: Italy | Latium | Ardea
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2837 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Latium | Ardea |
| Locus | Fossa Tomb 3, 4, 5 | Pit Grave 3, 4, 5 |
| Date Made | 4th century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Superposed Color |
| Description | On front (side opposite handle) is a female head facing left. On either side of handle are convolutions of tendrils Ray pattern from base of lip to shoulder. Two well separated wheel-painted lines around lower wall, one serving as base-line for head. Decoration entirely in yellow. Where it has peeled away the surface underneath is grey though on front parts of head it is russet. Intact. |
| Height | 13 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
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