Attic white ground lekythos c.
Attic white ground lekythos.
White ground technique is a style of white ancient greek pottery and the painting in which figures appear on a white background.
These vases of limited production and use are conspicuous in the finesse of their design and also in their extreme fragility.
Bowls alabastra and lekythoi in particular feature among the vessels produced.
Spanning barely a century the white ground style developed in athens alongside the red figure technique.
Unknown 19 2 6 5 cm 7 9 16 2 9 16 in 83 ae 42.
It developed in the region of attica dated to about 500 bc it was especially associated with vases made for ritual and funerary use if only because the painted surface was more fragile than in the other main techniques of black figure and red figure vase painting.
It is titled attic white ground lekythos ca.
Its dimensions are h.
460 bc and was painted by the achilles painter.
Painter of athens 1826 greek attic active about 460 450 b c 24 7 8 9 cm 9 3 4 3 1 2 in 86 ae 253.
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The lekythos shown on the title page was found in the university of pennsylvanias museum of archaeology and anthropology.
490 bc achilles dragging the body of hector the lekythos was used for anointing dead bodies of unmarried women and many lekythoi are found in tombs.
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The images on lekythoi were often depictions of daily activities or rituals.