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Plastic vase in the form of a hand
The shape of this container, most probably for perfumed oil, is unparalleled among Greek vases. It is moulded in the form of a hand clasping a miniature oil jar (lekythion), the smallest of the vase shapes produced by Greek workshops in the Classical period. The hand is painted white, a Greek convention to indicate that it is female. The lekythion, painted black, has a tall neck and a mouth with a…
Subject
- Vase
- Lekythos
- Archaeological artifact
- archaeological objects
Subject
- Vase
- Lekythos
- Archaeological artifact
- archaeological objects
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Temporal
- Iron Age
- Classical Greek
Places
- https://www.geonames.org/390903
Current location
- https://www.huntmuseum.com/
Identifier
- HCM233
- HCM 233
Extent
- H 9.5 x W 7.6
Language
- eng
- en
Is part of
- Europeana Archaeology
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-09-02T12:39:42.361Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2020-09-02T12:39:42.361Z