Charon Painter, Lekythos (farewell at the grave), clay, quickly turned, painted (ceramic), alternately fired, cold painting, clay, Total: Height: 30 cm, ceramic, High Classical (Greek antiquity), In Greek antiquity, all vessels for ointment and perfume oils were called lekyths; today the term is used for this special type of vessel. The farewell at the grave is depicted. On both sides of a pillar-shaped grave stele with a simple kymation on a three-tiered pedestal stands one figure each. On the left is a woman dressed with a peplo and her hair held by a jacket.

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