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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Red-Figure Lekythos with Woman Offering Libations
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Manner of (Greek, Attic, active ca. 475 - 450 BCE)

Red-Figure Lekythos with Woman Offering Libations

AAT Object Form/FunctionLekythoi
Place CreatedGreece, Europe
Datemid 5th Century BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of Mrs. James Kenan through the Forward Arts Foundation
Dimensions2 15/16 x 6 3/8 x 2 7/16 in. (7.5 x 16.2 x 6.2 cm)
Object number1983.009
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - April 28, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesMary R. Lefkowitz and Maureen B. Fant, Women's Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation, 4th Edition (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), 91, Figure 11.
ProvenanceEx coll. Anne Kenan (1915-1996), North Carolina and Georgia, gifted by Mr. and Mrs. Flagler, Florida. With Helen Smith, Georgia. Gifted to Forward Arts Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art