Red-figure lekythos

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Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Red-figure lekythos
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by Bryan Edwards, Class of 2019. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker
Datemid 4th century B.C.E.
MediumTerracotta with slip
DimensionsOverall (Height): 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm) Rim (Diam.): 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm) Diameter (Max.): 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm) Base (Diam.): 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.36
Not on view
DescriptionHead of a woman
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Additional Details

Alternate Titles Oil jar depicting the head of a woman
Apulian red-figure lekythos
Exhibition History 1987
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Ancient Vases: The Hamilton College Collection," March 14 - May 11, 1987 (cat. no. 40).
Provenance 1929: Hamilton College (James Library) by bequest of Edward S. Burgess.
Published References ANCIENT VASES FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION AND THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM, exh. cat. (Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1987), 35.
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: 1929.18
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
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Apulian red-figure kantharos
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: late 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.48
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 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
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 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
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
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Red-figure kantharos
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: late 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.47
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Red-figure skyphos
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.39
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
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Red-figure miniature hydria
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.50