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 Attic black-figure lekythos
Oil jar depicting three dancing Maenads
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: 350-320 B.C.E.
Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.30
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Cock Group
Date: 500-480 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.23
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: 500-480 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.21
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: 500-480 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.22
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 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.44
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Attic black-figure lekythos
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: 500-480 B.C.E.
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 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.2
Photograph by John Bentham.
Stirrup jar
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 1300-1100 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.6
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
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