Attic Red-Figure Lekythos

Brygos Painterabout 480 B.C.

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

The vase is intact. The shouder is decorated with three palmettes and two lotus buds; petals appear in the breaches of the tendrils. Above, a cyma pattern. On one side of the body, between two encircling meander bands, a Nike in chiton and himation flies to the right carrying a long red fillet. She wears a red fillet around her head.

Details

Title: Attic Red-Figure Lekythos
Creator: Brygos Painter
Date Created: about 480 B.C.
Location Created: Athens, Greece
Physical Dimensions: 23.9 × 8.6 cm (9 7/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
Type: Lekythos
External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
Medium: Terracotta
Terms of Use: Open Content
Number: 83.AE.241
Culture: Greek (Attic)
Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Herbert L. Lucas
Creator Display Name: Attributed to the Brygos Painter (Greek (Attic), active about 490 - 470 B.C.)
Classification: Vessels (Containers)

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