Aryballos-lekythos

Attica, Greece, late 5th century BCE

Site: Panticapaeum (Kerch)

Ceramic clay. Red-figure aryballos-shaped squat lekythos with a narrow neck, widening conical lip, and strap handle. The body sits on a torus-shaped foot. The decoration on the front is the motif of a child crawling to the right along a band suggesting the ground. Sketch-like painting.

H: 8.2 cm

UMP 8410

Purchased from Vladislav Škorpil (Shkorpil).