Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Pharos Painter
ca. 550 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Two women wrapped in one cloak Lekythoi were traditionally placed as offerings in tombs or on grave monuments. The elongated shape of this example is typical of the earliest form. The subject of two women wrapped in one mantle was favored by the Pharos Painter (pharos is a word for "cloak"). There are also contemporary representations of two males with one cloak. The meaning may be sexual.
- Artist
- Pharos Painter
- Date
- ca. 550 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Samuel G. Ward, 1875
