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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.309
Title
Lekythos (oil flask): Chariot Scene
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 500-475 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Archaic period, Late, to Early Classical
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287119

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta with white slip
Technique
Black-figure
Dimensions
13.2 x 5.5 cm (5 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bought at Athens by George Pfeiffer.
Gift of George Pfeiffer to the Harvard Department of the Classics, October 1905.
Transfer from the Department of the Classics, 1977.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #13415

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.309
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Broken at shoulder, with upper part missing. Black graze is abraded. Incisions and drawing are hasty and careless. At rim, a zone of dots between two narrow bands. On body, a figure wearing chiton and himation and fillet in hair (krobylos), preparing to mount a chariot drawn by four horses, holding a goad in his right hand and reins in his left; one foot is in the chariot. Behind the horses, a winged figure in long drapery (indistinct); at horses' heads a siren wearing a short chiton, holding a horse's head in left hand. Below design, narrow and broad black bands. The lower two-thirds of the vase, except part of rim of foot, is solid black. White on horses' manes and tails, and wings and tails, on wings and chiton of winged figure.

Verification Level

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