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Attic Black-Figure Lekythos

Date

about 530 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

On the shoulder, two draped youths in himatia, flanking a palmette (seven fronds, alternately red and black). On the body, Dionysos, with hands crossed over his chest, walking to right and looking back. He wears an ivy wreath in his hair and is dressed in a long garment. In his left hand he holds ivy branches, and in his right, vines with clusters of grapes. On either side, a satyr. The ithyphallic satyr on the left rushes to the right, offering a drinking horn to Dionysos. The satyr on the right stealthily approaches th god. The lekythos has a torus mouth, black inside, with a red line on the topside. The handle is flat, and glazed only on the exterior. The join of the neck and shoulder is marked by a slight ridge and red line. A line marks the offset of the shoulder and body, and also serves as the groundline for the figures on the shoulder. The figures on the body stand on a pair of red lines, of which the uppermost is drawn over a faint glaze line. Below the figures, a black zone. The small echinus foot is black on the topside, with a red line on the edge. The outer edge and underside are reserved. Adapted from Clark, A., CVA Malibu 2 (1990).

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