White-Ground Lekythos (Funerary Oil Pitcher)

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

CMA_.1928.859

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CMA_.1928.859

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2003

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2003

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Group R

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Group R

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

Greek

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Greek

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

artist

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artist

Creator Role

false

Gender:

M

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M

Gender

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Creator Name-CRT:

Group R

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Group R

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

White-Ground Lekythos (Funerary Oil Pitcher)

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White-Ground Lekythos (Funerary Oil Pitcher)

Title

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Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

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View:

Detail

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Detail

View

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Creation Date:

c. 420 BC

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c. 420 BC

Creation Date

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Creation Start Date:

-425

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-425

Creation Start Date

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Creation End Date:

-415

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-415

Creation End Date

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Materials and Techniques:

painted terracotta

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painted terracotta

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Ceramic

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Ceramic

Classification Term

false

Style or Period:

Greece, Attic, 5th Century BC

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Greece, Attic, 5th Century BC

Style or Period

false

Dimensions:

Overall: 49.5cm

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Overall: 49.5cm

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

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ID Number:

1928.859

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1928.859

ID Number

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Credit Line:

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust

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Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html

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<a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

The white-ground technique was the closest form to ancient wall painting. The artist covered the area of the vessel that was to be decorated with a thick white slip and then he drew the figures and subsidiary decoration on that ground.Scene: Three youths at a tomb.

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The white-ground technique was the closest form to ancient wall painting. The artist covered the area of the vessel that was to be decorated with a thick white slip and then he drew the figures and subsidiary decoration on that ground.Scene: Three youths at a tomb.

Context

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White-Ground Lekythos (Funerary Oil Pitcher)