squat lekythos

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Object Type
Museum number: 1856,1226.188
Description: Pottery: Campanian red-figured squat lekythos. Design red and white on black ground, with yellow accessories. Above, egg-moulding; below, all round, wave-pattern; at the back, palmette and tendrils. Aphrodite riding on the swan: Aphrodite reclines on the swan with right arm round its neck, looking up to right; she wears a close embroidered cap, long chiton, himation floating behind, and sandals; the swan flies to left, and is painted white with yellow markings.
Producer name
Cultures/periods
Production date: 330BC-300BC
Production place: Made in: Campania
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Avella
Materials
Ware
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 22.20 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (F240); CVA British Museum 2 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 2, British Museum 2 (pl. 9, 4); LCS / The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily (2/810)
Location: On display (G20a/dc31)
Subjects: classical deity; bird
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1856,1226.188

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