Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Attributed to the Workshop of the Nikon Painter
ca. 470–460 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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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