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© Bruce M. White, 2007.
Red-Figure Lekythos with Courting Scene
© Bruce M. White, 2007.
© Bruce M. White, 2007.
© Bruce M. White, 2007.
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Artist (Greek, active ca. 470 BCE)

Red-Figure Lekythos with Courting Scene

AAT Object Form/Functionlekythoi
AAT Object TechniqueRed-figure
PeriodClassical
Dateca. 470 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of Michael C. and Thalia Carlos on behalf of the Michael C. Carlos Museum staff in honor of Anthony G. Hirschel
Dimensions14 3/8 x 4 5/8 in. (36.5 x 11.7 cm)
Object number2001.028.001
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - April 28, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, March - May 2002.
Jasper Gaunt, "New Galleries of Greek & Roman Art at Emory University: The Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 16 (January/February 2005), 13-17.
Louise Pratt, Eros at the Banquet: Reviewing Greek with Plato's Symposium (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011), 76-78.
ProvenanceSaid to be ex coll. Dr. Frederic Ephraim (1898-1976), Lugano Switzerland, ca. 1950s - 1960s. With Brian T. Aitken (1952-2009) [Acanthus Gallery], New York, New York, from ca. 1991.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art