{"product_id":"attic-black-figure-pottery-lekythos-with-quadriga-chariot","title":"Attic Black-figure Pottery Lekythos with Quadriga Chariot","description":"\u003cp\u003eLate 6th to early 5th century B.C.,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA votive oil vessel of tall slender form with cylindrical body on a disk foot, narrow neck with flaring mouth, and strap handle, the reserved shoulder with radiating strokes below the neck and a double line and dotted frieze. The body is decorated in black-figure technique with added red and white, showing a standard chariot scene: quadriga moving right with charioteer and attendant figure, the figures enlivened by incision and added color that creates an unusually rich, near “tricolor” effect; below runs a zone of reserved and glazed bands around the lower body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 7¾ in. (c. 19.5 cm) Height. Comparable black-figure lekythoi with chariot or race scenes are preserved in Princeton, LACMA, RD Milns Antiquities Museum and major collections such as the Getty Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Repair at neck and handle; surface wear and with areas of misfiring, surface encrustation and minor losses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance Mr. Tony D., Cannonville, Utah Acq 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210837942586,"sku":"17434","price":3250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17434bl.jpg?v=1774457741","url":"https:\/\/howardnowes.com\/products\/attic-black-figure-pottery-lekythos-with-quadriga-chariot","provider":"Art for Eternity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}