Lekythos

Museum number:
8-16
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080000016
Accession number:
Acc.21
Description:
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.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and Somzee Collection
Collection place:
Athens, Attica, Greece
Verbatim coll. place:
Eretria; Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
May 20, 1901
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Lekythoi
Accession date:
December 13, 1901
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
height 35.5 centimeters and width 10.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1962-1963 #45: Acalanes High School District/Carol Leland (March 12, 1963–March 13, 1963), 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), S1984-1985 #24: Santa Barbara Museum of Art (December 5, 1984–September 8, 1986), S1992-1993 #8: Blackhawk Museums (November 17, 1992–unknown), S1996-1997 #5: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 22, 1996–April 17, 1997), S2008-2009 #12: SFO Museum (June 2009–June 28, 2010), and S2015-2016 #3: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) (May 5, 2016–August 2, 2016)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 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.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 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.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 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.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 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.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 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.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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