Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
Nearchos
ca. 570 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Around the lip, pygmies fighting cranes Around the main surface of the handle, three satyrs; on the ends, Hermes and Perseus; on top, two tritons Both potter and painter, Nearchos was one of the great artists active about 570 B.C. His son, Tleson, was the major potter of Little Master cups in the succeeding generation. Both were literate; they inscribed their vases. This aryballos is exceptional for the precision and vigor of the figures.
- Artist
- Nearchos
- Date
- ca. 570 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Purchase, The Cesnola Collection, by exchange, 1926
