Squat Lekythos
L-64-19
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Italy | Apulia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-64-19 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Gnathian | South Italian |
| Provenience | Italy | Apulia |
| Manufacture Location | Apulia |
| Period | Hellenistic Period |
| Date Made | 340-330 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Youth | Eros | Axe | Bird | Trap |
| Description | Decoration in white, yellow and incision. On front: naked, male, youthful, winged figure facing left, right leg forward, kneeling on left knee. Right hand is just above right knee holding a small axe. Left hand is raised to level of chest holding an object interpreted as a trap for small animals (see below). below the scene: egg pattern border. On neck: tongue(?) pattern. On shoulder: two zones of decoration: egg pattern above, pendants below. To right and left of the winged figure: tall spiral foliage. Intact. Lower wall reserved and reddened. |
| Height | 19.9 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7 cm |
| Other Number | 82-24 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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