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Lekythos.

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Trumpet mouth; narrow, concave neck; moulding at base of neck; rounded body; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; bevelled ring base; central nipple on underside. Yellowish red clay; black glaze; red slip; white paint. Mouth, upper part of neck and handle black; vertical, black lines on neck; body covered by a network of black, crosshatched lines on red ground, with white dots at intersections of the lines; black blobs on base; underside reserved.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
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Title: Lekythos.
Description:
Trumpet mouth; narrow, concave neck; moulding at base of neck; rounded body; vertical band handle from neck to shoulder; bevelled ring base; central nipple on underside.
Yellowish red clay; black glaze; red slip; white paint.
Mouth, upper part of neck and handle black; vertical, black lines on neck; body covered by a network of black, crosshatched lines on red ground, with white dots at intersections of the lines; black blobs on base; underside reserved.

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