ID: 700008287 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008287	Record Type: Movable Work

Attic White-Ground Lekythos (lekythos; attributed to the P Potter (Greek Potter); Attributed to the...; about 435 - 430 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 2011.14)

Note: The lekythos is decorated on its front with a scene of a man and a woman who stand facing one another. Between them, a shield lies on the ground, with traces of a helmet resting on top of it. The male figure, whose body is frontal, wears a garment that falls to the mid-thigh. It hangs from his left shoulder, like an exomis, or perhaps a chitoniskos that has only partially been donned, and a swag of drapery is looped over the flexed left arm to hang beside the thigh. The figure's left hand is raised, with the fingers articulated as if holding something between the thumb and second finger (perhaps a spear). He looks at the woman, and extends his right arm towards her. She responds by extending her right hand, but their fingers are yet to touch. The scene is related to that of the dexiosis, the handshake gesture that is typical in Classical Athenian funerary iconography. The female figure wears a chiton and her hair is tied up. She stands at ease, in profile to the right, with her left leg straight and the right foot drawn back behind her, as if she is in the process of stepping forward toward the male figure.The scene is framed by a simple running meander pattern below and a band of 'ULFA' pattern above (groups of meanders facing alternately left and right, with saltire squares depending alternately from top and bottom). The shoulder is decorated with a palmette pattern, with a narrow band of tongues above. The neck, mouth, handle, lower part of the body and foot are black.

Titles:

Attic White-Ground Lekythos (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Oil Jar with a Funerary Scene (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

lekythos [300264937] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers), jugs (vessels))

Classifications:

vessels / containers (preferred)

Creation Date: about 435 - 430 BCE

Creator Display:

attributed to the P Potter (Greek Potter); Attributed to the Achilles Painter (Greek (Attic) Painter) [preferred,JPGM]

P Potter (Greek potter, active ca. 435 - 430 BCE) [500355297]

Achilles Painter (Attic vase painter, active ca. 470-ca. 425 BCE) [500019489]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2011.14

Other: Creation: Athínai [7001393] Region of Attica (region (administrative division)), Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Terracotta

	terracotta (clay material) [300010669]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

Dimensions: Object: H:. 45.1 x Diam at mid point: 13.5 cm (17 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.)

Cultures:

Ancient Greek (preferred)

Attic

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	man (male human) [300025928]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	decoration (ornamental works) [300379003]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by function>, ornaments (object genre)) (AAT)

	woman (female human) [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Attic White-Ground Lekythos	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Oil Jar with a Funerary Scene	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)