BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS
The body is adorned with an elegant young woman in profile, adorned with a diadem, necklace and earrings. Her hair is gathered in a sakkos. Palmette decoration under the handle.
Black-glazed beige clay with white paint highlights.
Greek art, Paestum, 4th c. B.C. Pagenstecher group.
Going against the tradition of Attic black figures, this workshop in Campania produced a small number of ceramics in the 4th century B.C., of which only a hundred or so survive today.
Height. 13. 5 cm.
Restored handle.
PROVENANCE.
. Purchase from Galerie Tarantino, Paris, 2010.
. German collection, 1970s.
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