Lekythos
date: label: Date
content: early 5th century B.C.
notes: label: Description
content: Ovoid body with tall narrow neck, short flaring mouth and curved handle leading to flat shoulder; low flaring foot. Body with black figure decoration on a white ground; central scene shows two seated men facing eachother; man on the left with one hand raised, man on the right with his head bowed; scene flanked by palmettes, with Greek key meander above and black bands below; shoulder decorated with tongues and rays.
place: label: made in
content: Greece
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, William A. Clark Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2018-50-59
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Lekythos
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Terracotta with painted decoration
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 11.4 × 5.1 cm (4 1/2 in. × 2 in.)