Ancient Greece, Athens, ca. late 6th to early 5th century BCE. A petite, wheel-thrown pottery lekythos with a slender, piriform body resting atop a discoid foot. The upper half of the body is covered with yellow-white pigment and displays a pair of encircled, right-facing palmettes, and encircling the shoulder are two registers of narrow frets. The lower body, foot, and the exterior of both the handle and rim are enveloped with opaque black pigment that imbues the vessel with a distinguished presentation evocative of ancient Athens. Size: 1.75" W x 4.375" H (4.4 cm x 11.1 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Dr. G. S. collection, Nuremberg, Germany, between 1958 to 2003; ex-Hans Piehler collection

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#163873

Repair to middle of neck with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions to foot, body, handle, and rim, with light fading to original pigmentation. Great preservation to palmette motifs on body and pigment throughout.