Lekythos (oil flask): Dionysos seated and flanked by Two Maenads

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1920.44.162
Title: Lekythos (oil flask): Dionysos seated and flanked by Two Maenads
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 490-450 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
Period: Archaic period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/292532

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Black-figure
Dimensions: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year: 1920
Object Number: 1920.44.162
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Partially preserved black-figure lekythos; neck broken at shoulder. On the body, Dionysos sits in profile facing right; he is flanked on either side by seated maenads. The maenads each hold a tendril. On the shoulder, a pattern of black rays.

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