59 - BLACK-FIGURE LECYTHOS

BLACK-FIGURE LECYTHOS Black-glazed terracotta H. 11.5 cm. Greek art, late 6th–early 5th century B.C. Lecythos with a shoulder, tubular neck, and vertical handle, all glazed black. Shoulder adorned with radiating lobes. Body decorated with a frieze of incised palmette motifs, alternating with lanceolate leaves, above a black band highlighted by an unglazed line. Lower body and disc foot black-glazed, the edge of the foot reserved. Black-figure lekythos A shoulder lekythos with a tubular neck and a black-glazed vertical handle. The shoulder is decorated with radiating tongues. The body features a frieze of palmettes with incised details, alternating with lanceolate leaves, above a black band with a reserved line. The lower body and disc foot are black-glazed, with the edge of the foot left unglazed.