Terracotta fragments of a lekythos (oil flask)

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late 6th/early 5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

The larger fragment has part of the upper torso, right hip, and a bit of the left thigh of a male to right; behind him, the tip of a spear?; the smaller fragment has part of the frontal upper torso, right hip, and a bit of the upper back of a centaur to right

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 6th/early 5th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011