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.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and Somzee Collection
Collection place:
Athens, Attica, Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
May 20, 1901
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Lekythoi
Accession date:
December 13, 1901
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1969-1970 #63: College of Mining (UC Berkeley) (December 3, 1969–April 19, 1973), S1975-1976 #22: University of Oregon (March 22, 1976–June 14, 1976), S1978-1979 #26: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 29, 1978–February 22, 1979), S1985-1986 #23: Edith C. Blum Art Institute (January 22, 1986–June 10, 1986), and S1996-1997 #5: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 22, 1996–April 17, 1997)