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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Black-figure Attributed to the Sappho Painter · Lekythos · ca. 500–490 BCE
Lekythos. Greek, Attic. Archaic. Classification: Vases. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1906. Gallery 171.

Attribution History

Current
Met Museum catalogue
Attributed: Attributed to the Sappho Painter
Source: met_import

Depicted Scenes

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Athena
Mythology
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Chariot scene
Other

Bibliography

3 references
Catalogues & Reference Works
Beazley, J.D., Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford, 1956) (1956) — 507.2
PHOTOGRAPH(S) IN THE BEAZLEY ARCHIVE — 2
Books & Monographs
Haspels, C.H.E., Attic Black-figured Lekythoi (Paris, 1936) (1936) — 225.2
Shape
Lekythos
Technique
Black-figure
Period
Archaic
Date
ca. 500–490 BCE
Culture
Greek, Attic
Painter
Attributed to the Sappho Painter
Attribution
Attributed
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession Number
06.1021.70
Image Source
met_cc0
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Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)