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Sicilian Banded Squat Lekythos - 1966.36

Acquisition number: 1966.36

Intact. Pink-buff clay. Ring foot. Brown paint. The vase has a band of paint on the top of the lip and two on the outer face; two bands on the body; one down the outer face of the handle.

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Title: Sicilian Banded Squat Lekythos - 1966.36

Acquisition number: 1966.36

Author or editor: J.R. Green

Culture or period: Sicilian Black, Banded and Plain.

Date: Later 5th century BC.

Material: Clay - Terracotta

Object type: Lekythos

Dimensions: 65mm (w) × 84mm (h)

Origin region or location: Italy

Origin city: Possibly Gela.

Display case or on loan: 10

Keywords: Sicilian, Banded, Gela, Woite Collection

J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 72.

1966.36

Sicilian Banded Squat Lekythos

From the Woite Collection; probably from the area of Gela, Sicily. Ht 8.4cm; diam. 6.5cm.

Intact. Pink-buff clay. Ring foot. Brown paint. The vase has a band of paint on the top of the lip and two on the outer face; two bands on the body; one down the outer face of the handle.

The plump form of the body and the profile of the mouth suggest a date in the later fifth century BC. One may compare a similar piece from Corinth dated to the third quarter of the century, Corinth XIII, pl. 61 no. 378/3.

See 1966.01-1966.42 in this catalogue for all material from the Woite Collection in the ANU collection.

J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 72.

In 1966, the ANU acquired a collection of 35 pieces of pottery, apparently from Sicily, especially the Gela area. The collection came from Mr L Woite of Canberra. Woite also donated material to two other Australian Universities - the University of Queensland and the University of New England. A joint research project about this collection and it's provenance is currently underway.