1925.30.37: Lekythos (oil flask): Woman Carrying Box

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1925.30.37

Title

Lekythos (oil flask): Woman Carrying Box

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 470 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica

Period

Classical period

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/291594

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta; pale reddish clay, partially painted

Technique

Red-figure

Dimensions

13 cm (5 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Joseph Clark Hoppin, Purchased in Athens, 1898, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Beazley Archive Database #208371

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin

Accession Year

1925

Object Number

1925.30.37

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

On shoulder, radiating lines. On edge, simple meander pattern. Woman advancing to right clad in a chiton ornamented with dots, a fillet in her hair (outline reserved), carrying a large box. On a chair behind her a bundle of clothes. Dots on her chiton and on the box in faint brown lines. Mouth, handle, foot, and body painted, neck and shoulder reserved. Good drawing. Surface chipped.

Publication History

• Joseph Clark Hoppin and Albert Gallatin, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A.: volume 1, Hoppin and Gallatin Collections, Libraire Ancienne Edouard Champion (Paris, 1926)

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