Caption

Aryballus lekythos, unknown creator; decoration: on the belly a winged Nike in right profile, dressed in a long chiton, holding with both hands a box in front of her, under which a basket stands on the ground; ca. 460–450 BC; Attica place of manufacture; lekythos vessel; height 13.3 cm, width 8 cm, rim diameter 4 cm, foot diameter 6.4 cm., A single ceramic vessel with a rounded body and a narrow neck flaring into a small cup-like rim, showing a worn black surface with patches where the underlying clay color shows through; the handle runs from the rim to the shoulder and shares the same black finish with worn areas; the base reveals the natural clay color around its edge; the background is a plain light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_109

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17.2Mb (696.8Kb) / 6.7in x 10.0in / 2001 x 3008 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aryballus lekythos unknown creator decoration belly winged Nike right profile dressed long chiton holding hands box front under basket stands ground ca 460–450 Bc Attica place manufacture lekythos vessel height 13.3 cm width 8 cm rim diameter 4 cm foot diameter 6.4 cm single ceramic vessel rounded body narrow neck flaring small cup- rim showing worn black surface patches underlying clay color handle runs shoulder shares black finish worn areas base reveals natural clay color edge background plain light gray.