Lekythos with Seated and Standing Figures

4th century BCE (Classical-Hellenistic) H: 27 3/8 in. (69.5 cm) Citation Source image

This marble funerary vase is carved in relief and depicts a seated woman, identified as Ada by the inscription above her head, and a standing man identified by an inscription as Mikon from Sigeion. Ada and Mikon clasp hands in a gesture of "dexiosis"--a final farewell. There i...

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Roussos, Athens, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1924, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P1502]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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