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posted on 2022-08-09, 07:53 authored by Centre for Ancient Cultures MuseumCentre for Ancient Cultures Museum<p><br></p>
<p>A red terracotta black-glazed squat lekythos used to contain oil with a small footed base, a globular body with a curved shoulder, an applied loop handle, a narrow neck that tapers from a broad neck base, and a funnel mouth with flat rim. It bears no decoration. Gifted to Monash by Sir Louis Matheson.</p>
<p><u>Object number:</u> 127.059.</p>
<p><u>Date:</u> 3<sup>rd </sup>century BCE</p>
<p><u>Parallels:</u> For a similar example with a slender body see Yale, Yale University Art Gallery 1913.462; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 41.162.237;</p>
<p><u>References:</u> Baur, P. V. C., <em>Catalogue of the Rebecca Darlington Stoddard Collection of Greek and Italian Vases at Yale University</em>, 1st ed., New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1922.</p>
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<p>Photo by Steve Morton</p>
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EtruriaceramicterracottaEtruscansoil vesselSir Louis MathesonCAC MuseumCentral ItalyMuseum StudiesCeramicsHistory and Archaeology not elsewhere classifiedArchaeologyArchaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the LevantHistoryClassical Greek and Roman HistoryEuropean History (excl. British, Classical Greek and Roman)
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