Lekythos, late 6th or early 5th century BCE

  • Greek

Black-figure ware

  • Overall: 7 3/4 × 3 1/2 inches (19.7 × 8.9 cm) Overall (diam of mouth): 1 11/16 inches (4.3 cm) Overall (diam of foot): 1 15/16 inches (4.9 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

24.123

found at (Syracuse, Italy)

collection of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Gotha, Germany)

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

collection placed on deposit (Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, Germany), no. H. A. 6

(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, pp. 32-33, cat. 38, (figs. 59-60) [attributed to the Phanyllis Group: E: the group of Hoplite-Leaving-Home].

Greek, Lekythos, late 6th or early 5th century BCE, black-figure ware. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 24.123.