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Greek Attic Black-Figure Lekythos browse these categories for related items... Directory: Archives:Regional Art:Ancient World:Greek: Pre AD 1000: Item # 408018
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The lekythos is a form of Greek pottery that was used as a personal container for oils or perfumes. The Greeks used olive oil for personal hygeine -- after hard exercise at the gymnasium, a wealthy man would pour a thin layer of oil on his skin and scrape it and the sweat off with a curved piece of metal called a strigil. This would remove the oil and the sweat, leaving the man (relatively) clean and moisturized. While ornate lekythos are commonly found as funerary objects, the small, portable size of this piece indicates that it was certainly used in daily life by a wealthy Greek.
AGE: c. 500-450 B.C. CONDITION: Overall quite good with restoration to one clean repair to the neck. Some loss to the paint as shown. DIMENSIONS: 5.75" tall |
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