Side A: Menelaos, (Add Greek), Helen, (add Greek), Eros. Side B: Woman holding two trays, stands facing a seated youth. Neck of vase somewhat restored. Mouth alien. ITALIAN VASE PAINTING in ITALY, #28 (00.360) Alabastron Related to th V. and A. Group about 350-340 B.C.

The women of the family were responsible for tending the graves of the dead and are frequently depicted on delicate "lekythoi," or oil-containers, such as this one, carrying out this activity. A mourning woman bends over a tomb, as a youth approaches her unseen. He represents the deceased, whom the Greeks believed lingered near the tomb after death. Many "lekythoi" intended for funerary use were decorated in the delicate white-ground technique, which used colorful pigments lightly painted on a white background. The pigments flake off easily, often leaving only the preliminary drawing, as on the woman's dress here.

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In its basic shape and decorative scheme—three figures before a stepped tomb marker—this lekythos resembles hundreds of funerary vessels made in Athens during the fifth century (400s) BC. But unusual

Ancient Greek, about 440 BCE

Attributed to the Achilles Painter. Period: Classical. Date: ca. 440 B.C.. Culture: Greek, Attic. Medium: Terracotta; white-ground. Dimensions: H. 14 3/4 ...

Moche, 100 BCE–500 CE

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Ancient Greek, 410-400 BCE

Vessel in the shape of a snake 100 BC - AD 600 Nasca Culture (Source: The British Museum)

Date: ca. 1250. Geography: Made in probably Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. Culture: German. Medium: Copper alloy. Dimensions: Overall: 14 11/16 x 12 7/8...