Object name: Lekythos / Donor: Alfred Emerson / Culture or time period: Ancient Greece - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Lekythos, accession number 8-35, described as Attic black-figure lekythos; Herakles and Cretan Bull, with three figures of Iolaos (?), each carrying a club and mantle; in field, suspended in foiliage, Herakles club and mantle (at 1.), his bow and quiver (at r.); above, four rows of dicing; below, two rows; on shoulder, tongues, complex of seven palmettes. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.

Hearst Museum object titled Lekythos, accession number 8-3339, described as Attic black-figure lekythos; echinoid foot; plump cylindrical body; surface worn and pitted; on shoulder, red streak, short tongues, inverted lotus chain; Herakles stabs the Nemean Lion with a sword between two pairs of mantled youths, holding spears (leftmost figure completely eroded); Herakles’ club on ground, his mantle in field.

Hearst Museum object titled Lekythos, accession number 8-3334, described as Attic black-figure lekythos; disk foot; handle broken off and reset, possibly modern; on shoulder, strokes above rays; above picture, 2-row dicing; on body, Dionysos, holding a vase of undetermined shape, sits to right between seated women or maenads; branches in field; red in wreath, beard, fillets, draperies; reserved band below.

Hearst Museum object titled Lekythos, accession number 8-16, described as Attic black-figure lekythos; considerable restoration, especially in left half of figure scene; white ground on body; chariot in battle: chariot to right, with two pairs of fighting hoplites, one warrior fallen to the ground; above figure scene, two rows of dicing; on shoulder, tongues, five palmettes. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.