Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)
On the shoulder, tips of rays or pendant lotus buds; below, nude youth to left holding the lead line of the rearing horse in his left hand; to the left of the mane of the horse, part of an inscription?
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: last quarter of the 6th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; Six's technique
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
- Object Number: 2011.604.3.935
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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