Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)

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Photograph by Dave Revette.
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Artist/Maker
Dateearly 5th century B.C.E.
MediumTerracotta with slip
DimensionsOverall (Height): 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm) Rim (Diam.): 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm) Shoulder (Diam.): 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) Base (Diam.): 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.18
On view
DescriptionThree dancing Maenads. Black figure.
Collections

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Oil jar depicting three dancing Maenads
Attic black-figure lekythos
Exhibition History 2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - (no cat.).

2011
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.).

2006
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Permanent Collection," January 16- December 30, 2006 (no cat.).

2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. Hamilton Collects, "A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat.).

1987
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Ancient Vases: The Hamilton College Collection," March 14 - May 11, 1987 (cat. no. 22, illus., 25).




Provenance 1929: Hamilton College (James Library) by bequest of Edward S. Burgess
Markings Sticker: "[3 or 8]97 Colonna / Colln Mar 26, 1920 / 13 / 6th / cy. [in black ink]", "40 [in blue ink]", "367 [in pencil]" written on a white hexagonal sticker with border on base.
Published References ANCIENT VASES FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION AND THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1987), 25, illus., 22.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed No inscriptions.
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: early 5th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.19
Photograph by John Bentham.
Red-figure calyx-krater (mixing vessel)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 350-320 BCE
Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.30
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Cock Group
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.23
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.22
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.21
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Red-figure lekythos
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.36
Photograph by John Bentham.
Red-figure hydria (water jar)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 350-325 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.44
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Attic black-figure lekythos
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.20
Photograph by John Bentham.
Black-on-red ware amphora (storage jar)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 750-600 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.2
Photograph by David Revette.
Fragment of an East Greek black-figure closed vase
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 6th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1943.145
Photograph by John Bentham.
Stirrup jar
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 1300-1100 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.6
Black-figure olpe (pitcher)
Black-figure olpe (pitcher)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: late 6th-early 5th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.24