Lekythos of the sixt technique. Greece, 4th century BC. Ceramics. Provenance: private collection in Paris. Acquired on the art market in the 1980s. In good state of preservation, with restoration on the neck. Measures: 14.6 cm (height). The Six technique, which takes its name from the Dutch academic Jan Six who first described it in 1888, was used by the Attic painters of black figures. It is a technique of placing white or red figures on a black surface and incising the details so that the black shows through. It was in regular use in the decoration of all types of Greek vessels around 530 B.C. The effect is similar to that seen in red-figure pottery. This lekitos depicts an athletic young man fighting a stag. The lekitos or lekitos is a type of Greek pottery used to store perfumed oil for body care. This type of vessel was also very often used as funerary vessels, not only in Greek cities, but also in other peoples who had contact with this culture. It is characterized by its elongated shape, narrow neck and wide mouth, which allows both limiting the flow of the oil and facilitating its application.