1920.44.162: Lekythos (oil flask): Dionysos seated and flanked by Two Maenads
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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
- Permissions
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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.
Verification Level
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