A lekythos, decorated with a white-ground body, depicts a mourning scene. At the centre is a funerary stele adorned with ribbons, flanked on the left by a nude mourning woman with flailing arms, and on the right by a young man standing in a dark cloak. Above the figures is a meander pattern between two sets of parallel lines, with a tendril frieze between the body and the neck.

This lekythos, distinguished by its white finish and funerary themes, would have been used in funerary settings. This oil jar portrays the funeral from an emotional perspective, with the figures conveying their grief in ways that reflect ancient Greek norms. The female figure, depicted nude, expresses her sorrow outwardly, while the young male figure appears in a state of quiet contemplation. 

Attributed to the Carlsberg Painter, this style has been associated by Beazley with a group of painters known as the Bird Painters. See J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, Vol. II, Second edition, Oxford, 1963, p. 1235 & 1236.