Lekythos (oil flask): Nike (Victory) Pouring a Libation at an Altar
VesselsGreek5th century BCE

Lekythos (oil flask): Nike (Victory) Pouring a Libation at an Altar

c. 490 BCE

Artists

The Berlin PainterArtist
Classification
Vessels
Technique
Red-figure
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Greek
Period
Classical period, Early
Century
5th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

24.3 × 8 cm (9 9/16 × 3 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Misses Mary D. Upham and Rosamond Upham, Cambridge, Massachusetts, (by 1908), by descent; to Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. and Rosamund Upham Hunter, New York and Connecticut. This object has been on loan to the Fogg Museum since 1908.

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