1959.220: Squat Lekythos (oil flask): young woman holding box to youth leaning on staff

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1959.220

People

School of The Eretria Painter, Greek

Title

Squat Lekythos (oil flask): young woman holding box to youth leaning on staff

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 430 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Vari (Attica)

Period

Classical period

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/290986

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Red-figure

Dimensions

16.5 x 10.3 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Beazley Archive Database #13461

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1959

Object Number

1959.220

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• David Moore Robinson, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum U.S.A.: volume 3, The Robinson Collection, Baltimore, MD, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1938), p. 16, pl. 8:2a,2b
• Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 19, no. 121

Exhibition History

• The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
• [teaching exhibition], University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque
• [Teaching Exhibition], Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, 08/01/1995 - 01/01/1997

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