White-ground, black-figure lekythos, showing the harnessing of a chariot; four bearded male figures stand around a 2-horse chariot; each wears a leafy wreath around his head; two, the charioteer, mounting the chariot box, and another standing behind the horses, may be wearing the white tunic of a charioteer; the wreaths suggest preparations for a competition or festival procession.
Height: 0.36 m
Width: 0.13 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1955) by Lamb, Winifred
Archaic
Production date:
490 BC
Accession number: GR.3.1955
Primary reference Number: 69608
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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