Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)

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Photograph by Dave Revette.
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Artist/Maker (Greek / Athenian)
Datec. 500-480 BCE
MediumTerracotta with slip
DimensionsOverall (Height): 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm) Rim (Diam.): 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm) Body (Diam.): 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm) Base (Diam.): 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.21
On view
DescriptionTwo women on donkeys flank woman playing lyre and reclining man. Manner of the Haimon painter. Black figure.

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Oil jar depicting a woman playing lyre and a reclining man flanked by two women on donkeys
Red-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Attic red-figure lekythos
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.).

1987
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Ancient Vases: The Hamilton College Collection," March 14 - May 11, 1987 (cat. no. 26).
Provenance 1929: Hamilton College (James Library) by bequest of Edward S. Burgess
Published References Beazley, PARALIPOMENA, 279; Goodenough, JEWISH SYMBOLS, VI, 203, fig. 199. /
ANCIENT VASES FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION AND THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1987), 27.
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.22
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.20
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: early 5th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.18
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: early 5th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.19
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Cock Group
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.23
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
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Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.36
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Date: late 6th-early 5th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.24
Photograph by David Revette.
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Date: c. 575-550 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.12
Photograph by John Bentham.
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Date: c. 570-550 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1943.2
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Medium: Terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.44
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Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
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Photograph by Dave Revette.
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