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Attributed to the Nikon Painter
Obverse, Apollo with kithara (lyre) and palm tree
Leto was said to have given birth to Apollo beneath a date palm on the Cycladic island of Delos, the site of one of his most important sanctuaries.
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Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Artist:
Attributed to the Nikon Painter
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 460–450 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: H. 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Pomerance, 1953
Accession Number: 53.224
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