Cleveland Museum of Art
Black-Figure Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Komos (Revel)
The Group of Cleveland 16.1061LinkedCulture matchlcp-4fbfe55fb941
- Date
- c. 500 BCE
- Medium
- ceramic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 95291
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Three bearded figures dance or cavort on this oil vessel, each wreathed, loosely draped with a cloak, and holding a staff. The central figure also holds a drinking horn, though all may well have been drinking. The painter of this vase is unknown, but the style of drawing has been linked to a similar vessel now in Syracuse, Sicily. The small black marks between and around the figures are mock letters, perhaps indicating illiteracy.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Amadio Canessa
- Provenance
- ?-1916: Amadio Canessa, New York, NY, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1916-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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