Harvard Art Museums > 1960.333: White-figure Lekythos (oil flask): Striding Hunter Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"White-figure Lekythos (oil flask): Striding Hunter , 1960.333,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/290774. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1960.333 Title White-figure Lekythos (oil flask): Striding Hunter Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 500 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica Period Archaic period Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/290774 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta; Six's technique, white on black glaze; red ground Dimensions 13.6 x 5.2 cm (5 3/8 x 2 1/16 in.) State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Beazley Archive Database #13453 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson Accession Year 1960 Object Number 1960.333 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Inscription: "Ail". Hunter carrying a pelt and striding to right; in front, a stag. On the shoulder, a ray pattern. 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. 85 Sara Chiarini, The So-called Nonsense Inscriptions on Ancient Greek Vases: Between Paideia and Paidia, Brill Academic Publishers (Leiden) (Leiden, The Netherlands, 2018), pp. 308-9 Exhibition History The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
