Black-figure Lekythos (oil flask) with Herakles Pursuing the Queen of the Amazons

Black-figure Lekythos (oil flask) with Herakles Pursuing the Queen of the Amazons

Artist/Maker Greek (Attic)

Dateca. 530 BCE

MediumEarthenware with black glaze

DimensionsOverall: 8 5/16 × 14 3/8 in. (21.1 × 36.5 cm)

Credit LineR. T. Miller Jr. Fund

Object number1941.44

Status

Not on view

Provenance(Brummer Gallery, New York); purchased 1941 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History

Forgotten Objects: Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 9, 1986 - March 23, 1986 )

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