This example is decorated in the so called black figure technique.
Attic black figure lekythos.
Culture greek athens cock group c.
6 1 2 in 16 4 cm from an ex english private collection.
Von bothmer dietrich and alan l.
Black figure pottery painting also known as the black figure style or black figure ceramic greek μελανόμορφα melanomorpha is one of the styles of painting on antique greek vases it was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries bc although there are specimens dating as late as the 2nd century bc.
Small black figure lekythos with round base relatively squat body narrow neck and slightly flared mouth.
Many details now partially faded were highlighted in purple or white paint.
Attic attica greece black figure lekythos greek pottery vessel 5th century bc.
The warrior wears a corinthian crested helmet and carries a shield and spear with details added in purple.
Some incisions made with a point before the firing process indicate details of the anatomy and of the clothing.
475 450 bc the body of the vase is decorated with palmettes black banding down towards the foot a ray pattern around the shoulder and the mouth dipped in black dimensions.
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An attic black figure lekythos decorated with a warrior departing from a seated figure and two attendants.
New evidence on the mechanics of loom weights american journal of archaeology 85 1.
Body carries image of male figure reclining on a couch beneath a grape arbor.
Taleides painter greek attic amasis greek attic active 560 520 b c 18 3 cm 7 3 16 in 76 ae 48.
Hastily drawn meander borders scene at top.
The shoulder of the lekythos is decorated with a cockerel between two ivy leaves.
The lekythos is the archetypal funerary oil vase in attic pottery.