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): 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm) Rim (Diam.): 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm) Body (Diam.): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) Base (Diam.): 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.22
Not on view
DescriptionDionysos reclining and seated woman. Manner of the Haimon Painter. Black figure.
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Alternate Titles Oil jar depicting a seated woman and Dionysos reclining
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. 28).

Provenance 1929: Hamilton College (James Library) by bequest of Edward S. Burgess
Published References Beasley, PARALIPOMENA, 279 / ANCIENT VASES FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION AND THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1987), 28. / PARALIPOMENA, 279
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: 1929.21
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
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Date: 350-300 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.41
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.
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
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Date: 500-480 B.C.E.
Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.25
Photograph by John Bentham.
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The Rosoni Painter
Date: 570-550 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1943.2
Photograph by John Bentham.
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Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 750-600 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
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