Miniature Squat Lekythos

1924.02.0004

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Artifact Identification Miniature Squat Lekythos   (1924.02.0004)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Toilet Articles
  4. :
  5. Hygiene Artifacts
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date Classical Period, 450 – 400 BCE
Culture Greek, Attic

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 8.9 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 5.2 cm
Dimension 3 (Diameter) 4.1 cm
Weight 49 g
Measuring Remarks D2 is the body width including the handle. D3 is the foot diameter.
Materials Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze
Manufacturing Processes Throwing, Firing, Glazing
Munsell Color Information Black (N 2.75/) -ns

Research Remarks

Published Description

ATTIC BLACK-GLAZE MINIATURE SQUAT LEKYTHOS Shape and Ornament: Ovoid body, flaring lip, disk base offset by a groove. Underside reserved. From Sicily (?). Ex Baudon Collection. Second half of the fifth century B. C. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 33, 2.

Description N/A
Comparanda

Spurlock Museum 1924.02.0003 Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum 946.100.3 (Hayes, Greek and Italian Black-gloss Wares and Related Wares in the Royal Ontario Museum, 1984. P. 26, no. 39, with additional comparanda).

Bibliography

Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 30, Plate 33, 2.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication Baudon Collection
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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