ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Black-Figure on White Ground Lekythos with Dionysos Riding a Hippalektyron Flanked by Maenads
AAT Object TechniqueBlack-figure
AAT Object Form/Functionlekythoi
CultureGreek, Attic
PeriodArchaic
Dateca. 490 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of Sybil and Ed Ralston in memory of Dr. Leona Delaney Ganaway
Dimensions8 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (20.3 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm)
Object number2016.031.001
Exhibition HistoryGalerie Neuendorf, Hamburg, Germany, November 19 - December 19, 1980Hamburg, Germany, May 29 - August 29, 1986
Kiel, Germany, September 22 - October 24, 1986
Bremen, Germany, December 12, 1986 - January 18, 1987
Published ReferencesGalerie Neuendorf, Holger Termer Kunst der Antike 2 ( 19 November - 19 Dezember 1980), 27, number 8.
Wilhelm Hornbostel, Aus der Glanzzeit Athens: Meisterwerke griechischer Vasenkunst in Privatbesitz (Hamburg: BATIG-Ges. fur Beteiligungen, 1986), 69, number 28.
Christie's New York, Antiquities (9 December 2015), 25, lot 24.
ProvenanceWith Galerie Neuendorf/Holger Termer, Hamburg, Germany, November 12 - December 19, 1980, number 8. With Allan Anawati [Medusa Ancient Art], Montreal, Quebec, 2012. Ex private collection, Midwest United States, from 2012. Purchased by donor at Christie's New York, December 9, 2015, lot 24.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
late 6th Century BCE
late 2nd-mid 7th Century CE
ca. 540-530 BCE
late 6th-early 5th Century BCE
ca. 5th Century BCE
