Terracotta lagynos (oil flask)

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2nd–1st century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Lagynos ware is named after the shape most commonly associated with the distinctive decorative style seen on this flask: canonical motifs such as wreaths, olive bows, baskets, and lagynoi themselves painted in a thinned orange-brown slip on a white ground.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–1st century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1947