Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Winged Eros Holding a Box

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1925.30.44
Title: Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Winged Eros Holding a Box
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 420-390 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period: Classical period, High
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/292366

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta; reddish yellow clay, black glaze
Technique: Red-figure
Dimensions: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Purchased in Athens, 1898.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Beazley Archive Database #13225

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year: 1925
Object Number: 1925.30.44
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Winged Eros to right holding a box. Hair outline reserved.

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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1925.30.44: Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Winged Eros Holding a Box