lekythos
- Museum number
- 1863,0728.144
- Description
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Pottery: red-figured lekythos.
Artemis pouring wine for Apollo. On the right Artemis, with long Ionic chiton, mantle, radiate fillet, and hair passed through folded cloth, stands to right, holding a bow in her left, a quiver with wing-shaped flap hanging at her back; she turns to left to pour wine from an oinochoe into a fluted phiale held by Apollo: he holds a chelys in his left hand, and has a short Ionic chiton, a mantle and a fillet; his long hair is looped up behind. On the foot an incised character.
Late stage of severe style. Purple fillet, wine, bowstring, tuning-pegs, plectrum and its cord. Brown inner markings, edge of hair, and folds of both chitons. Eye in profile. Below, pairs of maeanders separated by dotted cross squares. On the shoulder, a triple palmette ornament; above, egg pattern.
- Production date
- 480BC-460BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 36.83 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
The scene is very similar to that of a lekythos in Berlin (Cat. no. 2206).
- Location
- On display (G20a/dc2)
- Acquisition date
- 1863
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1863,0728.144
