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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm) diameter 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm). Date: ca. 520 B.C.. On the body, goddess mounting chariot On the shoulder, horseman and athletes approaching seated man The grayish color of the clay indicates that the vase was in a fire, possibly a funeral pyre. The palmette ornament under the handle is adopted from neck-amphorae.
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Title:
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Caption:
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm) diameter 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm). Date: ca. 520 B.C.. On the body, goddess mounting chariot On the shoulder, horseman and athletes approaching seated man The grayish color of the clay indicates that the vase was in a fire, possibly a funeral pyre. The palmette ornament under the handle is adopted from neck-amphorae.
Technique/material:
Terracotta; black-figure
Period:
ARCHAIC
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
2458 x 2458 px | 17.3 MB
Print size:
20.8 x 20.8 cm | 8.2 x 8.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ARCHAIC • CLAY • EUROPE • GREECE • GREEK AND ROMAN ART • JUGS • LEKYTHOI • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • TERRACOTTA • TERRACOTTA; BLACK-FIGURE • VASES • VESSELS