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Attributed to the Berlin Painter
Woman running with torch and phiale (libation bowl)
This figure is certainly excerpted from a larger narrative scene that takes place at night, such as the return of Persephone.
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Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Artist:
Attributed to the Berlin Painter
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 480 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: H. 16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number: 21.88.163
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