White-Ground Lekythos (Funerary Oil Pitcher), Group R, c. 420 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art
The white-ground technique was the closest form to ancient wall painting. The artist covered the area of the vessel that was to be decorated with a thick white slip and then he drew the figures and subsidiary decoration on that ground. The scene is of three youths at a tomb.
Size: Overall: 49.5 cm (19 ½ in.)
Medium: painted terracotta
Spencer Witcraft 