Lekythos (oil vessel) depicting a horseman
Lekythos (oil vessel) depicting a horseman

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Ancient Mediterranean Art

Lekythos (oil vessel) depicting a horseman,

ca. 550–530 BCE

Greek, Euboean
Archaic Period, ca. 600–480 BCE
y1994-59

Information

Title
Lekythos (oil vessel) depicting a horseman
Dates

ca. 550–530 BCE

Medium
Black-figure ceramic
Dimensions
h. 10.9 cm, diam. 6.3 cm (4 5/16 x 2 1/2 in.) diam. base 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.) diam. rim 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, John Maclean Magie and Gertrude Magie Fund
Object Number
y1994-59
Place Made

Europe, Greece, Euboea

Culture
Greek, Euboean
Period
Archaic (Greek), Black-figure
Type
lekythoi, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
horses, dogs, lotus, equestrians, running ornament, figures (representations), men, mantles, himations

Purchased from Robert Hecht, Jr. in 1994.

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