White-Ground Oil Flask (Lekythos) with Striding Swordsman
| Culture | Greek |
|---|---|
| Title | White-Ground Oil Flask (Lekythos) with Striding Swordsman |
| Date | 460–450 BCE |
| Medium | Terracotta and added color |
| Dimensions | Overall: 8 1/2 in. (21.7 cm) |
| Credit Line | Anonymous Gift in honor of the original I.M. Pei-designed building, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 80.39 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
A white ground panel wraps around the body of a tall narrow vessel and a striding young man holding a sword appears in the center of the panel. The red of the clay is evident on the neck and on the outer rim of the foot. Black bands decorate the base of the body, upper foot, and the wide lip, and linear patterns define the upper edge of the body and the sharply-formed shoulder area.
1980, Anonymous gift to the Indiana University Art Museum [1]
?–1980, with Robin Symes Limited, London, England [2]
Notes:
[1] This portrait was purchased by an anonymous donor for the museum from Robin Symes; an invoice from Robin Symes Limited, dated April 21, 1980, is included in curatorial file.
[2] Robin Symes (b. 1939) operated as an art and antiquities dealer in London from about 1970. Robin Symes Limited was founded in 1977 and dissolved in 2005.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
October 3–December 21, 2014, "Color in Classical Art," Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
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"White-Ground Oil Flask (Lekythos) with Striding Swordsman | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=80.39