Lekythos in the Form of a Hare in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Lekythos in the Form of a Suspended Dead Hare


Creator: Etruscan (?) (Artist)

Period: 550-500 BC

Medium: terracotta (Ceramics)

Accession Number: 48.196

Measurements: 5 x 2 1/8 x 9 7/16 in. (12.7 x 5.3 x 24 cm)

Geographies: Italy (Place of Origin

Pottery vessels in the shape of animals were often used as lekythoi (oil containers). Hunting hares was a popular sport among young men, and a vessel in the shape of the kill was an appropriate gift to a hunting companion. Similar containers are known from Corinth and Rhodes, but the type of clay and other details suggest that this example belongs to a group made by artisans of Greek origin who established workshops in Etruria in the middle of the 6th century BC.


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