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Funerary Lekythos with Departure Scene

The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University

The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University
Atlanta, United States

During the late fifth and fourth centuries BC, elite Athenian graves were sometimes marked with marble monuments in the form of large vessels, replicating the bottle-shapes of lekythoi and loutrophoroi used in funerary ritual. This fragmentary relief comes from the shoulder and upper body of one such marble lekythos. A departing warrior stands at center wearing helmet, cuirass, tunic and chlamys. He faces left, clasping right hands with his father, who sits on a high-backed chair. His mother stands beyond, heavily draped and pulling one edge of her veil across her face. To the right, a slave carries the warrior's shield. An inscription above likely named the deceased.

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  • Title: Funerary Lekythos with Departure Scene
  • Physical Dimensions: 12 x 14 x 4 in. (30.5 x 35.6 x 10.2 cm)
  • Provenance: Ex coll. Dr. R. Rosenson, Chicago, Illinois, purchased from Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, mid 1990s. With Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, New York. Purchased by MCCM from Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd.
  • Rights: © Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Bruce M. White
  • External Link: https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/10262/
  • Medium: Marble (Pentelikon)
  • Art Movement: Greek, Attic
  • Period/Style: Classical
  • Dates: 4th Century BC
  • Classification: Greek and Roman Art
The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University

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