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)
Date500-480 B.C.E.
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
Not on view
DescriptionTwo women on donkeys flank woman playing lyre and reclining man. Manner of the Haimon painter. Black figure.
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Alternate Titles Oil jar depicting a woman playing lyre and a reclining man flanked by two women on donkeys
Attic red-figure lekythos
Red-figure lekythos (oil jar)
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.
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: 500-480 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.22
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Attic black-figure lekythos
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: 500-480 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.20
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
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Cock Group
Date: 500-480 B.C.E.
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…
Red-figure lekythos
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.36
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 David Revette.
Aryballos (oil container)
Aphaia Warrior Painter
Date: 575-550 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.12
Photograph by John Bentham.
Olpe (pitcher)
The Rosoni Painter
Date: 570-550 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1943.2
Photograph by John Bentham.
Red-figure hydria (water jar)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 350-325 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.44
Attic black-figure skyphos
Attic black-figure skyphos
Date: 500-480 B.C.E.
Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.25
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Red-figure dish
The Painter of Ruvo
Date: c. 330-320 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1998.2