Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)

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

On the shoulder, pendant lotus buds; at the juncture of the shoulder and the body of the lekythos, two black glaze lines; below, a seated, wreathed, Dionysos, wearing a patterned himation, with his right hand holding a drinking horn?; seated in front of him a seated, draped woman to left, wearing a patterned himation, with her right arm extended and resting on her lap; in the background, vines

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