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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
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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

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