Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology

Libation

Title
Libation
Repository
British Museum
Alternative
Lekythos
Creator
Aischines Painter
Photographer
Lowenstam, Steven
Creator Display
attributed to Aischines Painter (Greek vase painter, active ca. 475-ca. 450 BCE)
Description
Pottery: White-ground lekythos: man with sceptre pouring libation before a pipes-player. --The British Museum
View
Front
Coverage
Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece (creation) Soúnion, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece (discovery)
Temporal
470-460 BCE
Subject
Book 6 Parallels Iliad Book 2-16
Style Period
White-ground Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles)
Work Type
lekythoi
Date
-0470/-0460
Identifier
Lowenstam_VRC_00701
Item Locator
Box 2, Section 13
Rights
In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder
University of Oregon, Department of Classics
Local Collection Name
Steven Lowenstam Collection
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Measurements
Height: 25.4 cm
Material
pottery
Set
Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
Primary Set
Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
Institution
University of Oregon
Cultural Context
Attic (culture)
Id Current Repository
1905,0711.3