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White Ground Lekythos, (oil or perfume container)
White Ground Lekythos, (oil or perfume container)

White Ground Lekythos, (oil or perfume container)

Dateca. 480 - 323 B.C.
Object number47.62
ProvenanceHagop Kevorkian; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, Thomas D. Stimson Memorial Collection and Partial Gift of Hagop Kevorkian, March 13, 1947
Published ReferencesHandbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 107 (b&w)
Credit LineThomas D. Stimson Memorial Collection and partial gift of Hagop Kevorkian
DimensionsHeight: 12 in., Diameter: 3 1/4 in.
MediumCeramic with pigment Red clay with painted and fired decoration Wheel made with applied handles
Photo: Paul Macapia
Roman, England
ca. 1st century
Object number: 47.108
E. W. Godwin
ca. 1875
Object number: 2013.21
Chinese
14th- 15th century
Object number: 2023.11.182
White Ground Lekythos (oil or perfume container)
Greek
ca. 420 B.C.- 400 B.C.
Object number: 70.101
Oil or Perfume Container:  Lekythos
Greek
ca. 500 B.C.
Object number: 70.100
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Stanislav Libensky
1990
Object number: 2010.31.10
Beaker
German
18th century
Object number: 82.164
Polish
18th century
Object number: 62.131
Oil Jar:  Lekythos
Cypriot
700-500 B.C.
Object number: 70.124
Pyxis (box with lid)
Greek, Attica
mid - late 8th century B.C.
Object number: 63.69