9.1908: Lekythos (oil flask): Charioteer with Horses
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 9.1908
- Title
- Lekythos (oil flask): Charioteer with Horses
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 520-480 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/293719
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Black-figure
- Dimensions
- 19.6 × 5 cm (7 11/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Beazley Archive Database #305815
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Estate of Donald Upham and Mrs. R. U. Hunter
- Object Number
- 9.1908
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Lekythos has a "chimney mouth, sharp shoulders and a high blunt foot", a type described by John Boardman in Athenian Black Figure Vases, 1974.
Verification Level
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