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Warrior

Alternative Title
  • Attic White-Ground Lekythos
  • Oil Jar with Warriors Arming
  • Oil Jar with a Young Man Arming
Creator Display
  • Douris (Greek vase painter and potter, active ca. 500-475 BCE)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • -0500/-0490
Description
  • On this Athenian white-ground lekythos attributed to Douris, two young warriors put on their armor, assisted by a woman and a young boy. The main lines of the bodies and clothing are drawn in black glaze, and the rest of the drawing is rendered with a brownish line made from diluted glaze. The words written between the figures are kalos inscriptions, praising Athenian youths. Large, white-ground lekythoi with outline drawing like this one are unusual in the early 400s B.C., yet three such lekythoi can be attributed to Douris. In the late 500s B.C., Athenian potters began to paint over the natural reddish color of their pottery with a highly purified clay that turned white when fired. Initially artists applied this technique to a variety of shapes. However, because the white slip was rather fragile, by the mid- 400s B.C. artists limited the use of this technique to leykthoi used in funerary ritual. --J. Paul Getty Museum
View
  • Front
View Date
  • 1985-09
Temporal
  • 500-490 BCE
Coverage
  • Athens, Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece (creation)
Inscription
  • Inscription: Translated from Greek: "The boy" / "Panaitios is beautiful" / "Beautiful" / "Nikodromos is beautiful". One more fragmentary Greek inscription. --J. Paul Getty Museum
Keyword
  • White Ground Lekythoi
  • Pottery V
  • Red Figure
  • Red Figure, White, Animal
Work Type
Cultural Context
Style / Period
Material
  • terracotta
Measurements
  • Height: 33.5 cm; Diameter (shoulders): 12.6 cm
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon, Department of Classics
Identifier
  • Lowenstam_VRC_06376
Item Locator
  • Box 14, Section 17
Repository
Current Repository ID
  • 84.AE.770
Local Collection Name
Institution
Submission Date
  • 08/03/2015
Modified
  • 07/25/2022
Collections

APA

Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. (18 Apr 2024). Warrior Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df691h42z

MLA

Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. "Warrior" Oregon Digital. 18 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df691h42z

Chicago

Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. "Warrior" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-18. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df691h42z

Wiki

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