Lekythoi

Drw'g of lekythoi shapes

Lekythoi: one-handled flasks for perfumed oil. The narrow aperture prevented evaporation of the valuable contents.

The Deianeira lekythos is elongated and has a round shoulder. The lekythos with an offset shoulder appeared around 560, and the cylindrical lekythos around 530.

The earliest squat lekythoi are dated around 500. The shape remained popular until the early fourth century.

Photo of Deianeira shape
Photo of Shoulder shape
Photo of Cylinder shape
Photo of Squat shape
Deianeira ht. 26.5cm.
Shoulder ht. 19cm.
Cylinder ht. 25.5cm.
Squat ht. 10cm.

 

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