Black-Figure White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Horseman, Horse between Warriors, Dog

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

Edinburgh Painter

c. 500 BCE

Accession Number

1929.135

Medium

ceramic

Dimensions

Overall: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.)

Classification

Ceramic

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund