Aryballos-lekythos

Attica, Greece, last quarter of 5th century BCE

Site: Panticapaeum (Kerch)

Ceramic clay. Black glazed bulbous aryballos-lekythos with vertical reeding. The raised ribs terminate in arches and a band of stamped meandres in the upper and lower sections. The reeding was emphasised with additional grooves made into the lustre after the lekythos was fired.

H: 15.3 cm

UMP 8469

Purchased from antique dealer Karel Chaura in Prague in 1911.