Vases Red-figure Lekythos Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Red-figure Attributed to the Painter of the New York Hypnos · Lekythos · ca. 440–430 BCE
Lekythos. Greek, Attic. Classical. Classification: Vases. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1923. Gallery 171.

Attribution History

Current
Met Museum catalogue
Source: met_import

Bibliography

6 references
Catalogues & Reference Works
Beazley, J.D., Paralipomena (Oxford, 1971) (1971) — 468
Beazley, J.D., Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963) (1963) — 1242.2
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae: VII, PL.617, THANATOS 18
Books & Monographs
Giudice E., Il tymbos, la stele e la barca di Caronte, L'Immaginario della morte sulle lekythoi funerarie a fondo bianco (Rome, 2015) (2015) — 39, FIG.5 (PART)
Shapiro, H.A., Personifications in Greek Art, The Representation of Abstract Concepts 600-400 BC (Zurich, 1993) (1993) — 144, FIG.100
Journal Articles
Revue des Etudes Anciennes (1997) — 99 (1997) 1-2, FIG.6 (PART)
Shape
Technique
Period
Classical
Date
ca. 440–430 BCE
Culture
Greek, Attic
Attribution
Attributed
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession Number
23.160.43a, b
Image Source
met_cc0
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