Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

An Attic white-ground lekythos, a slender oil flask, with a painted scene on its shoulder and body. A seated figure in a red cloak sits at left, facing a standing figure who holds a long staff and extends one arm toward a boat-like form. A band of meander pattern runs above the scene, and the background is left in the pale slip of the white-ground technique.

Look closer: A small head in profile appears at the right edge of the scene, partly cut by the frame.

Artist

Sabouroff Painter

Date

ca. 450 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1647 × 2000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1921