Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Combat
A horseman is fighting a foot soldier in front of the kind of whispy reeds that give this group of painters its name. The subject may indicate that this lekythos stood on the tomb of a man who died in battle. The iconography may, however, also be a reflection of the conflicts of the Peloponnesian War, which were taking place concurrently. Characteristic of the Reed Group's style is polychromy applied in translucent washes.
A horseman is fighting a foot soldier in front of the kind of whispy reeds that give this group of painters its name. The subject may indicate that this lekythos stood on the tomb of a man who died in battle. The iconography may, however, also be a reflection of the conflicts of the Peloponnesian War, which were taking place concurrently. Characteristic of the Reed Group's style is polychromy applied in translucent washes.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
- Artist: Attributed to a painter of Group R
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 420–400 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; white-ground
- Dimensions: H. 20 13/16 in. (52.8 cm); diameter 5 13/16 in. (14.7 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
- Object Number: 41.162.11
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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