Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)

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

Part of the neck of a lekythos; below, on the shoulder, a band of tongues, and palmettes with tendrils with dots in the interstices; on the body of the lekythos, two vines with a grape cluster, upper part of a figure to right; part of a lyre

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