Lekythos
Artist
Unknown
Datecirca 375–350 BCE
MediumPentelic marble
Dimensions18 1/4 x 9 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (46.4 x 24.8 x 24.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object number91.5
On View
On viewGazette des Beaux-Arts no. 1478 (March 1992), 112.
L. E. [Lisa Eveleigh], "Private Collectors Share Their Art," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Autumn 1992), mentioned 12-13.
John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A Checklist (New York: American Academy in Rome, 19970, 141.
Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Lekythos, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 28, illus. (color).
Mary Ellen Soles, entry for Lekythos, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 56, illus. (color) 57.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Art for the People: Recent Museum Acquisitions,” September 14, 1997-January 4, 1998. (Closing date extended to January 25, 1998)
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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