Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Obverse, Apollo with kithara (lyre) and palm tree
Leto was said to have given birth to Apollo beneath a date palm on the Cycladic island of Delos, the site of one of his most important sanctuaries.
Leto was said to have given birth to Apollo beneath a date palm on the Cycladic island of Delos, the site of one of his most important sanctuaries.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
- Artist: Attributed to the Nikon Painter
- Period: Classical
- Date: ca. 460–450 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 15 in. (38.1 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Pomerance, 1953
- Object Number: 53.224
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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