Art Institute of Chicago
Squat Lekythos (Oil Jar)
Greek; ElisLinkedCulture matchlcp-b33698b7cbc5
- Date
- 430-410 BCE
- Medium
- terracotta, black-glaze with impressed decoration
- Culture
- Greece
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 105546
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
During the course of the 5th and 4th centuries B.C., black vessels (commonly called black-glaze vessels) were made with increasing frequency in both Greece and South Italy. Many of them replicate the shape of metal vessels. Others have detailing that is molded or incised. Although black-glazed wares can be rather coarse, this example is quite fine. Regardless, they would have been less expensive than vessels decorated in other contemporary techniques, for example, in red-figure.
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Chester D. Tripp
- Provenance
- Estate of Chester D. Tripp (July 25, 1882 - December 22, 1974); given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.
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- Object type
- AAT300193015
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