Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)

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Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Artist/Maker (Athenian)
Datec. 500-480 BCE
MediumTerracotta with slip
DimensionsOverall: 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm) Rim (Diam.): 1 3/16 in. (3 cm) Body (Diam.): 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm) Base (Diam.): 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.23
Not on view
DescriptionCock between standing youths. Black Figure. .
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Additional Details

Alternate Titles Oil jar depicting a rooster between standing youths
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.).

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

Provenance 1929: Hamilton College (James Library) by bequest of Edward S. Burgess
Markings Sticker: "224" typed in black ink on white sticker 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), 27. / PARALIPOMENA, 211
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: 1929.18
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
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
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
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
Attic black-figure skyphos
Attic black-figure skyphos
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.25
Photograph by David Revette.
Red-figure pelike
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.35
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