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): 7 3/4 × 3 1/16 in. (19.7 × 7.8 cm) Neck (Diam.): 3/4 in. (1.9 cm) Body (Diam.): 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm) Base (Diam.): 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.19
On view
DescriptionChariot pursuing armed warriors. Black figure.
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Additional Details

Alternate Titles Attic black-figure lekythos
Oil jar depicting a chariot pursuing armed warriors
Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).

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. 24, illus., 26).


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), 26.
Signature Unsigned
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
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: 1929.21
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 lekythos
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.36
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.
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.
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
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
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 John Bentham.
Stirrup jar
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 1300-1100 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.6