Black-Figure Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Komos (Revel)
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
h. 27 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Amadio Canessa
Accession Number
1916.1061
About this artwork
Three bearded figures dance or cavort on this oil vessel, each wreathed, loosely draped with a cloak, and holding a staff. The central figure also holds a drinking horn, though all may well have been drinking. The painter of this vase is unknown, but the style of drawing has been linked to a similar vessel now in Syracuse, Sicily.