Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Inscribed Funerary Jar (Lekythos)
Image View:
Huge marble Lekythos, detail of scene probably showing the deceased
Creator:
unknown (Ancient Greek sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Barracco (Rome, Lazio, Italy) Inv. MB 128
Location Note:
Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 166/A
GPS:
41.896111 12.477222
Date:
ca. 399-350 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Ancient Greek
Style Period:
Late Classical
Work Type 1:
lekythos
Work Type 2:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
Pentelic marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
death or burial; funerary art; decorative arts; grave marker; stele
Description:
Attic (Greek) original from the first half of the 4th century BCE; purchased in Greece. The lekythos form is a usually tall and slender narrow-necked vessel used for oil and unguents and as an offering for the dead. These were made of ceramic and painted, frequently in the white ground style. The standard or cylindrical lekythos measures between 30 and 50 cm; this is what is called a "huge lekythos", up to 1 m, in marble, which may have been used to replace a funerary stele. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A2-I-R-MB-IFJ-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Inscribed Funerary Jar (Lekythos)