1960.329: "Chimney" Lekythos (oil flask): Two Centaurs Smash Kaineus into the Earth

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.329

People

Near to The Pholos Painter, Greek (active early 5th century BCE)

Title

"Chimney" Lekythos (oil flask): Two Centaurs Smash Kaineus into the Earth

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 530 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica

Period

Archaic period

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/288861

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Black-figure

Dimensions

29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Beazley Archive Database #330981

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.329

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Two centaurs smash Kaineus into the earth.

Publication History

• Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 16, no. 82
• Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Kaineus 29.

Exhibition History

• The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961

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