Caption

Aryballus lekythos, decoration: on the belly a winged Nike in right profile, dressed in a long chiton, holding with both hands a box with a basket beneath on the ground; ca. 460–450 BC, Attica; lekythos vessel; height 13.3 cm, width 8 cm, rim diameter 4 cm, foot diameter 6.4 cm., A rounded ceramic vessel with a narrow neck and a flared rim sits upright against a plain light-gray background; the vessel is primarily black with areas of worn beige where the surface has chipped or been painted, showing a beige figurative shape on the front that resembles a winged figure in profile, along with additional beige accents near the base and rim; the neck and handle are black with beige wear marks, and the base shows concentric bands of black and beige.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_107

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17.2Mb (695.2Kb) / 6.7in x 10.0in / 2000 x 3008 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aryballus lekythos decoration belly winged Nike right profile dressed long chiton holding hands box basket beneath ground ca 460–450 Bc Attica lekythos vessel height 13.3 cm width 8 cm rim diameter 4 cm foot diameter 6.4 cm rounded ceramic vessel narrow neck flared rim sits upright plain light-gray background vessel primarily black areas worn beige surface chipped painted showing beige figurative shape front resembles winged figure profile additional beige accents near base rim neck handle black beige wear marks concentric bands beige.