Detroit Institute of Arts Museum
Source URL: https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/lekythos-46677
Greek
Lekythos, 475/450 BC
glazed earthenware
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Artist Greek
Title
  • Lekythos
Date 475/450 BC
Medium glazed earthenware
Dimensions Height x Diameter: 4 5/8 x 2 in. (11.9 x 4.7 cm)
diameter of foot: 3.4 cm
Credit Line City of Detroit Purchase
Accession Number 24.242
Department Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Not On View
Provenance
Gotha, Collection of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (no. 129);
Gotha, Collection Herzog Albert Ernest Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha [Collection placed on deposit--Gotha, Schloss Friedenstein, no. H. A. 140], from whom purchased by the DIA in 1924.

Published References
Madigan, B., Corinthian and Attic Vases in the Detroit Institute of Arts, (Monumenta Graeca et Romana), vol. 12, Leiden/Boston, 2008, p. 37, cat. 49, fig. 73 (attributed to the workshop of the Bedlam Painter).