Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Nikon Painter
ca. 460–450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Obverse, Apollo with kithara (lyre) and palm tree Leto was said to have given birth to Apollo beneath a date palm on the Cycladic island of Delos, the site of one of his most important sanctuaries.
- Artist
- Nikon Painter
- Date
- ca. 460–450 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Pomerance, 1953
