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| Keywords: Greek - Black-figure Exaleiptron with Peleus and Thetis (?) - Walters 48198 - Detail A.jpg This curiously shaped vessel is an exaleiptron a small vessel distinguished by its squat foot and shallow bowl Exaleiptra take various forms some with more pronounced feet and others with handles The form of this vase the rim curving inward into a deep cylindrical chimney mostly likely to help prevent spills suggests that it held liquids; several white-ground lekythoi depict funerary scenes in which exaleiptra are either carried by women toward the tomb or resting beside it They likely held oils or perfumes that would have been offered to the deceased Between one of the centaurs and one of the women a man appears to be seizing a woman one arm raised as he grasps her wrist with the other One scholar has suggested that this is an early representation of Odysseus and Nausikaa but it is more likely that the two figures are Peleus and Thetis and that this vase depicts the moment when the mortal Peleus having pursued the Nereid Thetis captures her mid 6th century BC Archaic terracotta cm 9 5 20 3 accession number 48 198 9345 King and Parker date and mode of acquisition unknown Joseph Brummer New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 The Odyssey and Ancient Art Edith C Blum Art Institute Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson 1991-1992 Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA New York 2009-2011 place of origin Boeotia Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek black-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Rape of Thetis Thetis in ancient Greek pottery Peleus in ancient Greek pottery Greek - Black-figure Exaleiptron with Peleus and Thetis (?) - Walters 48198 - Detail A.jpg This curiously shaped vessel is an exaleiptron a small vessel distinguished by its squat foot and shallow bowl Exaleiptra take various forms some with more pronounced feet and others with handles The form of this vase the rim curving inward into a deep cylindrical chimney mostly likely to help prevent spills suggests that it held liquids; several white-ground lekythoi depict funerary scenes in which exaleiptra are either carried by women toward the tomb or resting beside it They likely held oils or perfumes that would have been offered to the deceased Between one of the centaurs and one of the women a man appears to be seizing a woman one arm raised as he grasps her wrist with the other One scholar has suggested that this is an early representation of Odysseus and Nausikaa but it is more likely that the two figures are Peleus and Thetis and that this vase depicts the moment when the mortal Peleus having pursued the Nereid Thetis captures her mid 6th century BC Archaic terracotta cm 9 5 20 3 accession number 48 198 9345 King and Parker date and mode of acquisition unknown Joseph Brummer New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 The Odyssey and Ancient Art Edith C Blum Art Institute Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson 1991-1992 Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA New York 2009-2011 place of origin Boeotia Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek black-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Rape of Thetis Thetis in ancient Greek pottery Peleus in ancient Greek pottery | ||||
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