Harvard Art Museums > 1925.30.10: Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Two Deer Feeding Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Two Deer Feeding , 1925.30.10,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 04, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/292560. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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) Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
