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Terracotta fragments of a lekythos (oil flask)

490–480 BCE
Not on view
One fragment depicts the tail and heel of foot of a satyr to right, with a wineskin (loop of wineskin is preserved); below, ivy; a second fragment has a pointed amphora with ivy; a third fragment is a large black glaze fragment from the body of the lekythos; the fourth fragment is the foot with a bit of the bottom of the lekyhos; the top surface of the foot is glazed; the outer edge and resting surface of the foot is unglazed

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Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragments of a lekythos (oil flask)
  • Period: Late Archaic
  • Date: 490–480 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.604.2.1086a–d
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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