Attic black figured lekythos; interior of mouth glazed black, upper surface red, exterior black neck and shoulder reserved with usual tongues and rays; picture area white-ground with draped male figure mounting chariot to right, cithara-player beyond horses, Hermes (Latin: Mercury) in front of them; above picture, three-row dicing; lower body glazed with reserved band.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Athens, Attica, Greece
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Person depicted:
Hermes (Greek deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Hermes and Lekythoi
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1969-1970 #71: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley) (January 14, 1970–January 14, 1970), S1974-1975 #8: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (December 5, 1973–November 19, 1974), S1978-1979 #20b: University of California, Davis/Lynn Roller (October 25, 1978–December 5, 1978), S1979-1980 #14: Department of Classics, UC Davis/Lynn Roller (September 27, 1979–December 19, 1979), S1980-1981 #41: University of California, Davis (January 8, 1981–March 12, 1981), S1981-1982 #26: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (December 18, 1981–September 29, 1982), S1982-1983 #36: Saint Mary’s College of California (1983–April 29, 1983), S1982-1983 #3: Crocker Art Museum (October 20, 1982–March 28, 1983), S1983-1984 #33: University of California, Davis (January 5, 1984–March 28, 1984), S1984-1985 #27: University of California, Davis (January 2, 1985–March 29, 1985), S1985-1986 #21: University of California, Davis/Lynn Roller (January 7, 1986–unknown), S1987-1988 #27: University of California, Davis (January 7, 1988–April 4, 1988), S1988-1989 #23: University of California, Davis/Lynn Roller (January 9, 1989–March 22, 1989), S1990-1991 #21: Department of Classics, UC Davis/Lynn Roller (January 8, 1991–March 27, 1991), and S1996-1997 #5c: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 4, 1996–April 17, 1997)