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Red-Figure Lekythos (Oil Container)
Red-Figure Lekythos (Oil Container)

Red-Figure Lekythos (Oil Container)

Primary (Greek-Attic)
NationalityGreek-Attic, Europe
Datecirca 470 BCE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 14 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (36.5 × 14 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund and the James R. Dougherty, Jr. Foundation, 1980.63
Collection AreaAntiquities
Object number1980.63
On View
On view
Locations
  • exhibition  BMA, Gallery, A2
Collection Highlight
Label Text
Winged Nike, the goddess of victory, extends a libation bowl with her right hand and holds a kithara (harp) with her left. Representations of Nike became especially popular in Attic pottery in the years after the Greek victory in the wars with the Persians (490–479 BCE). The reddish color on the back of the vessel indicates that the gloss did not fire properly in the kiln.
Provenancepurchased from Bruce and Ingrid McAlpine Ancient Art, London, England, 1980
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