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Description: | Decoration : criss-cross net pattern across majority of body, with bands of black at the neck, shoulder and bottom of main body and base., Lekythos - a one handles flask for perfumed oil. The narrow aperture prevented evaporation of the valuable contents. This example has a black lip with a flared lower section turning upwards towards the rim. A scar is visible, where the now missing handle joined the neck which is decorated with thin descending tongues. At the shoulder there is a thick black band which loops around the scar of the lower handle attachment. A reserved band is set beneath with, below it, across the main body of the vessel,black diagonal lines creating a criss crossing netting pattern. This descends into a thick black band. The foot is reserved except for the outer flaired edge which is black. The underside is unpaintedand has a slight doming in the centre.,
Accession number: NCM 1921-24 | Subjects: | GREEK food and drink? objects of indeterminate use (containers) ceramics APULIAN | Temporal: | 399BC-200BC | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | ITALY? | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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