Lekythos, black figure

Title: Lekythos, black figure
Inventory Number: A0428
Date Acquired: 1955
Source: Carucci Collection
Provenance: Early 5th c BCE
Description: Flaring mouth lekythos w lip coated inside & out, lower body & foot, exclusive of edge, & ext & sides of handle coated; main field on body bordered by narrow stripe above & below. On shoulder: 7-petalled palmette opposite handle v palmette flanked by men in profile in himatia. On body:
State of Preservation: Preserved upper 1/3, w large fragment fr rim separated fr rest; large part of upper body rest in painted plaster w figures added in black paint. Much dirt incrustation. Started to disintegrate in washing and left as became to serve as paedagogical exhibit.
Height: 22.5 cm
Base Diameter: 4.7 cm
Color: Clay body 2.5YR 6/8 (light red); glaze 2.5YR N3/ (very dark gray); added red 10R 4/6 (red).
Type: vessel
Material: fired clay