Attic Red-Figure Lekythos

An ancient Attic red-figure lekythos in the manner of the Carlsruhe painter. A youth, possibly Kephalos, draped with his cloak, carries two spears, a sun hat strung about his neck.

Athens, Attica.

Ca. 460 BC.

Height: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm).

The lekythos was used to hold olive oil in antiquity and was often left as a grave offering.

Formerly in the Jerome Eisenberg collection, New York.

Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XV (2004); 1000 Years of Ancient Greek Vases (2010), no. 111.

Inv#: 9261

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