Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
On the shoulder and body, palmette-lotos ornament
Nonfigural motifs could be handled in quite different ways. It is useful to compare the fluid palmettes and stylized lotoses around the body. In addition to being decorative in their own right, these zones always emphasize the various parts of the shape.
Nonfigural motifs could be handled in quite different ways. It is useful to compare the fluid palmettes and stylized lotoses around the body. In addition to being decorative in their own right, these zones always emphasize the various parts of the shape.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
- Artist: Attributed to the Workshop of the Nikon Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 470–460 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1924
- Object Number: 24.97.26
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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