Lekythos (birth of Athena), clay, quickly turned, painted (ceramic), alternately fired, cold painting, clay, total: height: 17 cm; diameter: 7 cm; muzzle diameter: cm; base diameter: cm, Ceramics, Olympic gods, Birth of Minerva, Meander, Palmette (ornament), Strict style, In Greek antiquity, all vessels for ointment or perfume oils were called lekyths; today the term is used for this special type of vessel. Around 530/520 BC, the so-called white-ground technique was developed, which probably served to imitate more valuable materials such as marble, alabaster, ostrich eggs or ivory.

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