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Datec. 500-480 BCE
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.
Additional Details
Alternate Titles
Attic black-figure lekythos
Oil jar depicting three dancing Maenads
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).
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.
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.19
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.21
Cock Group
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.23
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.22
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.20
Unknown artist
Date: c. 350-320 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.30
Date: 560-520 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1943.145
Unknown artist
Date: c. 350-325 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.44