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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.332
People
The Taleides Painter, Greek (active mid 6th century BCE )
Title
Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Warriors; Lions
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 550 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288863

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Black-figure
Dimensions
25.5 x 13 cm (10 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #301127

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.332
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Shoulder: A right facing siren flanked by two lions.
Body: A scene with three (?) young warriors with spears, a woman, and a horseman. The warrior farthest to the left is nude, his cloak draped over his left arm, holding his spear in his right hand. He looks at a woman also facing right. A horseman rides his horse toward a figure of whom only the leg and right arm, with the tip of his spear, are preserved. Farthest to the right, a cloaked warrior stands holding his spear.
Beneath handle: Written “Taleido eimi” (I belong to Taleides)

Publication History

  • J. D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford University Press (UK) (Oxford, 1956), 175.8
  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 15, no. 79
  • J. D. Beazley, Paralipomena, Oxford University Press (UK) (Oxford, 1971), 73
  • Kenneth James Dover, Greek Homosexuality (Cambridge, MA, 1989), p. 116, Pl. B109.

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
  • Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/15/1997 - 12/28/1997

Verification Level

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