Cleveland Museum of Art

Black-Figure Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Seated Men, Warriors and Horse

Leagros Group

Date

c. 510–500 BCE

Medium

ceramic

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Four men decorate the body of this sturdy oil vessel, perhaps in a scene of homecoming. Unlike on later, white-ground lekythoi, the painter has used white only as an accent—now faded—on the shield and the clothing and broad-brimmed hats of some of the men. The letters scattered across the background do not spell any recognizable Greek words, perhaps suggesting an illiterate painter and/or clientele. As usual for lekythoi painted by the Leagros Group, seven palmettes decorate the shoulder.

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