Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Shoulder Lekythos with Satyr and Wine Skin
(Ancient Greece )
This red-figure shoulder lekythos depicts a satyr. Wreathed, he faces right holding out a wineskin in his left hand and a drinking horn in his right. The position of his feet, left leg out straight, right bent under, suggests either that he has just halted his forward progress, or he is dancing.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)
Measurements
at shoulder: 7 3/4 x 2 11/16 in. (19.7 x 6.9 cm) (h. x diam.);
at mouth: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (diam.);
at base: 1 15/16 in. (5 cm) (diam.)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.259