The vase is made of a light red clay while the background of the vase decorative elements and details were added in a black slip.
Attic red figure lekythos.
In red figure pottery the figures are created in the original red orange of the clay.
Frontal faces in attic vase painting of the archaic period.
Painter of the frankfort acorn greek attic phintias 18 4 10 6 cm 7 1 4 4 3 16 in 91 ae 10.
On this athenian red figure lekythos four nymphs tend the trees and the goddess artemis approaches in a chariot drawn by deer accompanied by a centaur.
Attic red figure lekythos eucharides painter greek attic active about 500 470 b c 33 8 cm 13 5 16 in 73 ae 23 open content images tend to be large in file size.
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The last recorded examples of attic red figure pottery are from about 320 bce.
Red figure pottery grew in popularity and by the early 5th century bce it had all but replaced black figure pottery as the predominant pottery type in athens.
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Crowded compositions with large statuesque figures are typical.
The final decades of attic red figure vase painting are dominated by the kerch style.
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Frontal faces in attic vase painting of the archaic period.
This lekythos is the cu art museum s only example of a vase decorated in the red figure technique.
Carlsruhe painter greek active 475 450 b c 24 5 cm 9 5 8 in 71 ae 444.
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Additions to attic black figure vase painters and to attic red figure vase painters 2nd edition.
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The single handle on this vase is decorated with black slip on its top exposed surface and is left in the color of the clay on its underside.
Athena slaying giant body.
This form is called lekythos a small pouring form commonly used in greek ritual practice and funerary rituals.
The added colours now include blue green and others.
Red figure lekythos oil vessel.