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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 520240, member: 33&quot;]Lekythos is the form of the piece. What you have is a reproduction of a lekythos with a white ground. Possibly the original is held by a museum in Boston. (I&#039;m just guessing because of the word &quot;Boston&quot; there.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I found this article <a href="http://assets.cambridge.org/052182/0162/frontmatter/0521820162_frontmatter.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://assets.cambridge.org/052182/0162/frontmatter/0521820162_frontmatter.htm" rel="nofollow">http://assets.cambridge.org/052182/0162/frontmatter/0521820162_frontmatter.htm</a> that describes these and starts to analyze the images painted on them. The introduction to the article says they were &quot;funerary vases, placed in and on Athenian graves.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>And, welcome to Antiquers, [USER=10055]@Laurie Moss[/USER] ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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