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THBGreek Attic Pottery Lekythos w/ Black Figure Palmettes
Lot 17
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Jun 3, 2021
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2021-06-03 12:00:00
2021-06-03 12:00:00
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Join us for a very special auction featuring art & artifacts from East to West, North to South, and everywhere in between - with one small thing in common - size! Everything in this auction is approximately 6 inches or less - perfect for that last bit of shelf space in your curio cabinet! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Join us for a very special auction featuring art & artifacts from East to West, North to South, and everywhere in between - with one small thing in common - size! Everything in this auction is approximately 6 inches or less - perfect for that last bit of shelf space in your curio cabinet! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century BCE. A lovely Attic lekythos (oil vessel) of a traditional form with a slender, tall body, a tubular neck rising to a flattened rim, and a single handle joining neck to shoulder, all standing upon a tiered round foot. The exterior walls are decorated with 3 black-figure palmettes, as a wonderful starburst design embellishes the gently slanted shoulder and a lustrous coat of black glaze envelopes the rim, handle, and lower third of the vessel. The black glaze has developed a silvery iridescence over the centuries. Size: 2.375" in diameter x 6.5" H (6 cm x 16.5 cm)
Lekythoi were used for storing multi-purpose oils in the Classical World. While larger examples were usually designated for keeping olive oil, smaller, more delicate examples, like this one, were reserved for the bath to store precious sweet and floral aromatic ointments. This beautiful vessel was most likely created for an elegant lady's toilette.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Mark & Lottie S. Hartsdale, New York, acquired in the 1950s and 1960s
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#163862Collection label on base and another near bottom. Handle restored from new material. Repair to rim with restoration over break lines. Some nicks and abrasions, commensurate with age. Otherwise, excellent with impressive pigments and lovely earthen deposits on interior.Condition
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