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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.30.10
Title
Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Two Deer Feeding
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 575 BCE-550 BCE
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292560

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; pale yellow clay with slip and applied purple
Dimensions
13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #306661

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year
1925
Object Number
1925.30.10
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Shoulder: two deer feeding with a cock on each side; body of one deer in applied purple with white stripes on belly and white dots on rump; on base, rays. Applied purple stripe on upper edge of rim. The entire vase, except for the shoulder and base, is covered with a dark paint badly worn and unevenly fired (red in spots).

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), p. 5, pl 1, 10 (two views)

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