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Attributed to the Carlsruhe Painter
Nike bearing a fillet
The good condition of the vase shows the rather dense quality of the added color and especially the use of a second white for the figure's flesh. This practice was short-lived. The Nike appears on her way to crown a victor.
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Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Artist:
Attributed to the Carlsruhe Painter
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 460–450 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; white-ground
Dimensions: H.: 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
Object Number: 06.1021.129
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