Black-Figure Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Komos (Revel)
c. 500 BC
The Group of Cleveland 16.1061
The Group of Cleveland 16.1061 (name vase)
Greek and Roman Art
Black-Figure Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Komos (Revel), c. 500 BC. Attributed to The Group of Cleveland 16.1061 (name vase). Ceramic; overall: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Amadio Canessa 1916.1061 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.
- Maker/Artist
- The Group of Cleveland 16.1061
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- ceramic
- Medium
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- Overall: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
- Departments
- Greek and Roman Art
- Accession Number
- 1916.1061
- Credit Line
- Gift of Amadio Canessa
- Exhibitions
- Inaugural Exhibition
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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