Greek, An Attic red-figure lekythos, attributed to the Icarus Painter, circa 5th century BC

Greek

An Attic red-figure lekythos, attributed to the Icarus Painter, circa 5th century BC

Pottery

Height: 14.8 cm

The vessel depicting a bearded figure in a himation, leaning on a staff and with his right hand reaching for the erect phallus of the (ithyphallic) herm standing before him....

The vessel depicting a bearded figure in a himation, leaning on a staff and with his right hand reaching for the erect phallus of the (ithyphallic) herm standing before him. Between them a rectangular object, probably a suspended votive pinax. There is a band of meander above and rays around the shoulder.

Provenance

With Galerie Pierre-Eric Becker, Cannes, 1997
M.C. Collection, acquired from the above September 1997

Literature

There are similar examples, also attributed to the Icarus Painter, of lekythoi painted with scenes of ithyphallic herms, sometimes also being approached by figures as in this example: J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford, 1963, no. 697.14: BAPD no. 208344.

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