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Attributed to the Providence Painter
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.
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Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Artist:
Attributed to the Providence Painter
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 480–470 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: H. 14 in. (35.5 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907
Object Number: 07.286.67
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