Vase (White-Ground Lekythos)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. George C. Lodge
notes: label: Notes
content: "GNATHIAN WARE." SHIRLEY SCHWARZ, 1977.
label: Notes
content: This vase is a white-ground Greek lekythos, and gives every indication of being made in Athens. The lekythos should be dated to the 5th Century B.C., ca. 475-410 B.C. It is likely that it is from ca. 450 or later, due to traces of color found on the vase under magnification by Meghan Mulkerin, Graduate Student and Jeff Speakman, Physical Scientist (see attached report). The figural decoration features a female and male figure. The male figure's arm is held extended towards the female figure, palm up, and he appears to have a piece of cloth draped over his wrist. This could be interpreted as a fillet, which was an offering brought to decorate the grave or tomb of the deceased, and is a common motif in these vessels. The woman's hand appears to be reaching slightly out towards the man, but pointing down, as if taking her leave. This may indicate that the female was the person being mourned. The earlier remark [from Shirley Schwartz in 1977] is erroneous, as the vase is not Gnathian ware. It has been published by Dr. Schwarz, and described as an Attic white-ground lekythos. See: Schwarz, Shirley. "Greek Vases in the National Museum of Natural History". Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. L'Erma di Bretschneider, Rome, 1996.
label: Notes
content: From Card: "Ancient Italian vase dating from about the 4th century BC"
label: Notes
content: Described in Schwarz, Shirley J. 1996. Greek Vases at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., pl. 55, pg. 40, no 39.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Aug 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Greek, Attic
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 114114
label: USNM Number
content: A349812-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jar