Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Attributed to the Providence Painter
ca. 480–470 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 156
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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