Lekythos, between 475 and 450 BCE

  • Greek

Glazed earthenware

  • Overall: 8 1/2 × 2 3/4 inches (21.6 × 7 cm) Overall (diam of mouth): 1 5/8 inches (4.1 cm) Overall (diam of foot): 2 3/16 inches (5.5 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

24.233

Department

Greco-Roman and Ancient European

collection of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Gotha, Germany), no. 92

collection Herzog Albert Ernest Alfred [Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha] (Gotha, Germany)

collection placed on deposit (Schloss Friedenstein), no. H. A. 137

(Herzogliches Museum, Gotha, Germany)

1924-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Madigan, B. "Corinthian and Attic Vases in the Detroit Institute of Arts." In Monumenta Graeca et Romana, vol. 12. Leiden/Boston, 2008, p. 34, cat. 41, (fig. 65) [attributed to the workshop of teh Bedlam painter].

Greek, Lekythos, between 475 and 450 BCE, glazed earthenware. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 24.233.