Red-Figure Lekythos Attributed to the Phiale Painter with a Departing Warrior in the Getty Villa, June 2016

Title: Attic Red-Figure Lekythos

Artist/Maker: Phiale Painter (Greek (Attic), active about 450 - 425 B.C.)

Culture: Greek (Attic)

Place: Athens, Greece (Place created)

Date: about 450 B.C.

Medium: Terracotta

Object Number: 71.AE.442

Dimensions: 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.)

Alternate Titles: Oil Jar with a Departing Warrior (Display Title)

Object Type: Lekythos


A young soldier stands before a woman who stretches out her hands to him. Wearing a wreath on his head, he is armed with his shield (blazon: snake) and spear and holds his helmet. The two figures stand above a simple meander band. Above, a band of meanders in groups of three, alternating direction, separated by a saltire square. On the reserved shoulder, palmette pattern and ovolo band above. Under the handle, 'ghost' of a section of meander pattern.

Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/6891/phiale-painter-attic-red-figure-lekythos-greek-attic-about-450-bc