Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Restituted
This artwork was restituted in September 2022. It is no longer in the museum’s collection.Cock between two men
Elbows Out, the Affecter's colleague, derives his name from his distinctive stylistic idiosyncrasy. Cocks were popular gifts between men. Cockfighting, moreover, was an established pastime in the sixth century B.C. Athens. One can well imagine this lekythos being used in the gymnasium.
Elbows Out, the Affecter's colleague, derives his name from his distinctive stylistic idiosyncrasy. Cocks were popular gifts between men. Cockfighting, moreover, was an established pastime in the sixth century B.C. Athens. One can well imagine this lekythos being used in the gymnasium.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
- Artist: Attributed to the manner of Elbows Out
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 560–550 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
diameter of body 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
diameter of mouth 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
width of resting surface 1/4 in. (0.7 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Purchase, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Gift, 1985
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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