- Museum number
- 1884,0409.7
- Description
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Pottery squat lekythos.
Designs in relief; the background originally painted blue. On the neck, six rosettes in relief. The handle is in the form of a goose's head (?) at each end.
Ajax (son of Oileus) seizing Cassandra: In the centre is an altar on which is a plain column, against which stands the statue of Athene to right, with straight hair and long red chiton, hands extended; on its right side Cassandra crouches down, with face to front, streaming hair, and long girt chiton, raising her arms to thrust away Ajax, who places right foot on her body and drags her by the hair with right hand; he is beardless, with pink chlamys flying behind him. On the left of the altar is a Trojan to the front, beardless, with Phrygian cap and short chiton, falling on his knees with arms raised, as if wounded. On the other side of the handle is an archer to the front, beardless, with drapery over left arm and right thigh, in left hand a bow, with which he has just shot at the Trojan.
- Production date
- 330BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 19.20 centimetres
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Weight: 343 grammes
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Width: 11 centimetres
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Depth: 10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The figure seizing Cassandra was previously recorded as Neoptolemos.
- Location
- On display (G73/dc15)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2007 31 Mar-30 Jun, Gosport, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes
2007-2008 3 Nov-24 Feb, Leicester, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes
2008 29 Mar-1 Jun, Luton, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes
2008 20 Jun-5 Oct, Lincoln, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes
2008-2009 25 Oct-24 Jan, South Shields, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes
2009 7 Feb-4 May, Glasgow, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes
2017 13 Jul-15 Oct, Madrid, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
2017-2018 23 Nov-18 Feb, Barcelona, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
2018 20 Mar-24 Jun, Sevilla, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
2018 24 Jul-4 Nov, Zaragoza, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
2018-2019 18 Dec-31 Mar, Palma, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
2021 19 Jun-7 Nov, Australia, Perth, Western Australian Museum, Ancient Greeks
2021-2022 16 Dec-1 May, Australia, Canberra, National Museum of Australia, Ancient Greeks
2022 10 Jun-06 Nov, New Zealand, Auckland, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Ancient Greeks
2022-2024 24 Dec-25 Feb, China, Suzhou, Suzhou Museum, Ancient Greeks
- Acquisition date
- 1884
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1884,0409.7
