1960.333: White-figure Lekythos (oil flask): Striding Hunter

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

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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

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