Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Attributed to the Berlin Painter

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Woman running with torch and phiale (libation bowl)

This figure is certainly excerpted from a larger narrative scene that takes place at night, such as the return of Persephone.

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Attributed to the Berlin Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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