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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Attributed to the Reed Painter
ca. 430–420 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
Horseman and tomb

Horsemen and chariots have a long tradition in Greek funerary iconography. In this very late manifestation, the rapidity but surety of execution heightens the question of whether the scene is to be understood literally or whether the horseman is a representation of the deceased.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
  • Artist: Attributed to the Reed Painter
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: ca. 430–420 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; red-figure, white-ground
  • Dimensions: H. 12 1/2 in. (31.7 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Harry G. Friedman, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.107
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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