Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Woman seated with lyre
The presence of a bird, evidently listening raptly, and the emphatically large chair as well as the frontal face suggest that the subject here is more than an Athenian lady making music. It is difficult to tell whether she should be thought of as an inspired mortal, a poetess, or a muse.
The presence of a bird, evidently listening raptly, and the emphatically large chair as well as the frontal face suggest that the subject here is more than an Athenian lady making music. It is difficult to tell whether she should be thought of as an inspired mortal, a poetess, or a muse.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
- Artist: Attributed to the Painter of Oxford 1920
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 470–460 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
- Object Number: 06.1129
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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