Chimney lekythos

Museum number:
8-3313
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Attic black-figure chimney-neck lekythos; neck and handle broken off and reset, half of lip missing, surface badly worn and pitted; on body, lyre-player seated to right, between two figures riding donkeys, branches in field, two rows of dicing above; on shoulder, short strokes, rays; very debased style.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Athens, Attica, Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chimney lekythos, accession number 8-3313, described as Attic black-figure chimney-neck lekythos; neck and handle broken off and reset, half of lip missing, surface badly worn and pitted; on body, lyre-player seated to right, between two figures riding donkeys, branches in field, two rows of dicing above; on shoulder, short strokes, rays; very debased style.

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