Medium:

Terracotta with painted decoration

Dimensions:

H x diam.: 14 × 5.7 cm (5 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.)

Type:

ceramics

Decorative Arts

Lekythos

Made in:

Greece

Date:

early 5th century B.C.

Description:

Ovoid body with tall narrow neck, short flaring mouth and curved handle leading to flat shoulder; low flaring foot. Body with engraved black figure decoration of a horseman between two warriors carrying spears and sheilds; two rows of dots just below shoulder, front only; tongues and rays on shoulder; details of horse, warriors, garments and sheilds picked out in red and white.

Credit Line:

Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, William A. Clark Collection

Accession Number:

2018-50-58

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4828de750-984d-489c-bddd-5703f21b611d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_2018-50-58