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Vase Catalog Number: Cleveland 66.114

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Collection:	Cleveland Museum of Art
Summary:	Atalanta pursued by three Erotes.
Ware:	Attic Red Figure, White Ground	Shape:	Lekythos
Painter:	Attributed to Douris	Potter:
Context:		Region:
Date:	ca. 500 B.C. - 490 B.C.	Period:	Late Archaic
Dimensions:	h. 32.5 cm; d. of body 12.2 cm; d. of rim 7.2 cm; d. of foot 8.8 cm.
Primary Citation:	Para, 376.266 bis

Collection History:

Purchased from the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Bequest.

Condition:

The black glaze has mostly fired brown. Some of the floral ornament has been repainted.

Sources Used:

Moon 1979, no. 104, pp. 184-185.

Other Bibliography:

J.D. Cooney, "Atalanta in Cleveland," CMA Bulletin 53 (1966) 318-325; Para., 376, no. 266 bis; CVA, USA 15, Cleveland 1, pp. 21-23, pls. 32-34 and 35, 1, with additional bibliography; Kurtz 1975, 27, 29 ff,. 78, n. 2, 128, 200, pls. 10.2 and 11; Boardman 1975, 229, ill. 294.

Essay: Moon No. 104

(Arielle P. Kozloff)

Keywords:
Atalanta, carrying, chiton, Eros, Erotes, fleeing, garland, himation, pursuing, pursuit, running, tendril, wearing

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Archive Number Caption

1990.18.0054 Overview: handle left Photograph courtesy the Cleveland Museum of Art

1990.18.0055 Overview: handle oblique right rear Photograph courtesy the Cleveland Museum of Art

1990.18.0056 Overview: handle right Photograph courtesy the Cleveland Museum of Art

1990.18.0057 Overview: handle front Photograph courtesy the Cleveland Museum of Art

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