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Source Description
This miniature oil vessel dates to the early fourth century BC, a time when red-figure vase painters become more liberal in the use of added white and other colors. Here, both Eros and the woman he pursues have white skin, with blue adorning her garment and his wings, and light brown coloring the added clay used for their jewelry, headbands, and the fronts of his wings. A large red-figure palmette, flanked by tendrils and half-palmettes, occupies the back of the vase.
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Document identity
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108883
label
Red-Figure Squat Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Eros and Woman
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object
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108883
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object
title
Red-Figure Squat Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Eros and Woman
description
This miniature oil vessel dates to the early fourth century BC, a time when red-figure vase painters become more liberal in the use of added white and other colors. Here, both Eros and the woman he pursues have white skin, with blue adorning her garment and his wings, and light brown coloring the added clay used for their jewelry, headbands, and the fronts of his wings. A large red-figure palmette, flanked by tendrils and half-palmettes, occupies the back of the vase.
date
c. 400–380 BCE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60756298
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in.)
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Greek, Attic
accession
1926.553
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ceramic
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Red-Figure Squat Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Eros and Woman, c. 400–380 BCE. Greek, Attic. Ceramic; overall: 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1926.553
collection
GR - Greek
didYouKnow
Added clay pellets help to define the figures’ jewelry and other elements, including the ornament above.
citations
citation
Beazley Archive. n.d. <em>Beazley Archive Pottery Database</em>. Oxford: Beazley Archive. .
page_number
BAPD 757
citation
The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d.
page_number
A133
citation
Boulter, C. G., Jenifer Neils, and Gisela Walberg. <em>Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum</em>. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1971.
page_number
p. 25, pl. 39, 4-6
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 05:49:24.694000
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108883
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Greek
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ceramic
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0
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photo
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