Description
Two armed warriors, each wearing a crested helmet and holding a spear and shield, flank a mounted horseman, who leads another horse. The warrior at right reaches up with one hand to the head of the second horse, raising the question of how he still holds his spear. Below, a dog twists to scratch itself and look back, its right hind foot apparently resting on one of the warrior’s.
Provenance
(Mr. Mario de Ciccio, Naples, Italy, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1929); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1929-)
Black-Figure White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Horseman, Horse between Warriors, Dog
c. 500 BCE
Accession Number
1929.135
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.)
Classification
Ceramic
Credit Line
The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund