Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Red-Figure Squat Lekythos
Unattributed
Ca. 470-460 BCE
Reference: CGA.26.681
Culture: Attic, Greece
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 5x3 1/4in. (12.7 x 8.26 cm)
Plump, black body without subsidiary ornament, strap handle, offset neck. Draped woman seated on a chair (klismos) to right, juggling three balls of yarn, a kalathos basket on the ground behind her.
Old label written in Italic hand: “Greek vase of the AntiChristian epoch, found in a tomb at Annola, Italy - Museum of Naples.”
Published: Collin, #179, p.26.; Original Clark Catalog., #179, p. 250, part 2.
CGA (1928) p. 123, #2681; CGA (1932), p 117, #2681.
Condition: three small fragments reattached near chair leg, chip to rim, surface loss at base near woman’s feet, otherwise intact, nice shape with good glossy surface.
Provenance: Raphael Collin (1850-1916), William A. Clark (1839-1925) Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DEC, (1926-2014), American University Museum (2014-2021), Thom Wall (1987-) Collection (2022-).
Red-Figure Squat Lekythos
Unattributed
Ca. 470-460 BCE
Reference: CGA.26.681
Culture: Attic, Greece
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 5x3 1/4in. (12.7 x 8.26 cm)
Plump, black body without subsidiary ornament, strap handle, offset neck. Draped woman seated on a chair (klismos) to right, juggling three balls of yarn, a kalathos basket on the ground behind her.
Old label written in Italic hand: “Greek vase of the AntiChristian epoch, found in a tomb at Annola, Italy - Museum of Naples.”
Published: Collin, #179, p.26.; Original Clark Catalog., #179, p. 250, part 2.
CGA (1928) p. 123, #2681; CGA (1932), p 117, #2681.
Condition: three small fragments reattached near chair leg, chip to rim, surface loss at base near woman’s feet, otherwise intact, nice shape with good glossy surface.
Provenance: Raphael Collin (1850-1916), William A. Clark (1839-1925) Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DEC, (1926-2014), American University Museum (2014-2021), Thom Wall (1987-) Collection (2022-).
