Lekythos, 4th century BCE

  • Greek

Red-figure ware

  • Overall: 4 7/8 × 2 1/2 inches (12.4 × 6.4 cm) Overall (diam of mouth): 1 7/16 inches (3.7 cm) Overall (diam of foot): 2 1/8 inches (5.4 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

24.157

Department

Greco-Roman and Ancient European

collection of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Gotha, Germany), no. 123

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. 324

(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. 57, cat. 73, (fig. 104) [attributed to Robinson's type 2 of palmette lekythoi].

Greek, Lekythos, 4th century BCE, red-figure ware. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 24.157.