Lekythos with a Visit to a Grave

440-430 BCE (Classical)

9.2 cm 29.1 cm

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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...

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Nicolas Koutoulakis, Galerie Segredakis, Paris; Walters Art Museum, 1948, by purchase.
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en
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