The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 156

Description

Nike carrying prize hydria
Inscribed "Hippon is fair"

Athenian civic life was filled with contests–athletic, musical, and theatrical. It is no wonder, therefore, that Nike, the personification of victory, hovers on many vases.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Inscribed "Hippon is fair"
See also
Who
Providence Painter (5)
What
Clay (23,649)

Vessels (21,921)

Vases (8,895)

Terracotta (8,373)

Jugs (1,683)

Lekythoi (291)
Where
Europe (148,587)

Greece (6,287)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.