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Source Description
This red-figure lekythos depicts Nike. She flies to the right, with arms outstretched, holding a phiale in her right hand, an oval shaped object (possibly a fruit or egg) in her left. Below on the right is an altar with fire on which she pours liquid from the phiale. She wears a chiton, mantle, disc earing, and serpentine bracelets. Ribbons hold her hair in place. Red dots fill much of the picture field; a few to the left of the altar appear to be letters of a nonsense inscription.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
10430
label
Shoulder Lekythos Depicting Nike (?) Pouring from a Patera at an Altar
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
10430
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Shoulder Lekythos Depicting Nike (?) Pouring from a Patera at an Altar
description
This red-figure lekythos depicts Nike. She flies to the right, with arms outstretched, holding a phiale in her right hand, an oval shaped object (possibly a fruit or egg) in her left. Below on the right is an altar with fire on which she pours liquid from the phiale. She wears a chiton, mantle, disc earing, and serpentine bracelets. Ribbons hold her hair in place. Red dots fill much of the picture field; a few to the left of the altar appear to be letters of a nonsense inscription.
provenance
Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 480-470 BC (Classical)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
lekythoi
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27.7
height
9.1
dimensionsRaw
at shoulder: 10 7/8 x 3 9/16 in. (27.7 x 9.1 cm) (h. x diam.);at mouth: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm) (diam.);at foot: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm) (diam.)
Source extras
style
Attic
inscriptions
[Inscription] Nonsense running vertically to the left of the altar
med
terracotta
creator_ids
2922
collection_ids
GRC
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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5ab7d10dc9c80ad9
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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f2b7d7bde39a3fee
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no
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3
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photo
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f715fcaef8a7e0fb
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no
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no