Lekythos (oil flask): Dionysos seated and flanked by Two Maenads
VesselsGreek5th century BCE

Lekythos (oil flask): Dionysos seated and flanked by Two Maenads

490-450 BCE

Description

Partially preserved black-figure lekythos; neck broken at shoulder. On the body, Dionysos sits in profile facing right; he is flanked on either side by seated maenads. The maenads each hold a tendril. On the shoulder, a pattern of black rays.

Classification
Vessels
Technique
Black-figure
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Greek
Period
Archaic period
Century
5th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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