M0016192EB: Lekythos decorated with two women washing their hair at a loutron, 4th century BC

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Lekythos, red figure technique showing two women washing their hair at a loutron

Photograph of a 4th century lekythos, a jug for holding oil, decorated in the red figure technique showing two women washing their hair at a loutron. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R2150/1938). It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0016192EA, M0016192EC, M0016192ED

1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: accession number R2150/1938.

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.