Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

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early 5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Seated komast The komast (reveller) holds up either a beaker-shaped cup or krotala (castanets). The figure was painted onto the surface of the vase in added white. The procedure is known as Six's technique, after the Dutch scholar who first studied it.

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 5th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1941