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Detail of a Terracotta Lekythos Attributed to the Nikon Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2019
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
ca. 460–450 B.C.
Attributed to the Nikon Painter
Obverse, Apollo with kithara (lyre) and palm tree
Object Details
Title:Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Nikon Painter
Period:Classical
Date:ca. 460–450 B.C.
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
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.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254795
ca. 460–450 B.C.
Attributed to the Nikon Painter
Obverse, Apollo with kithara (lyre) and palm tree
Object Details
Title:Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Nikon Painter
Period:Classical
Date:ca. 460–450 B.C.
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
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.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254795
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