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Attic Red-Figure Lekythos

Brygos Painterabout 480 B.C.

The J. Paul Getty Museum

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.

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  • 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)
The J. Paul Getty Museum

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