Terracotta Conical Lekythos in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2011

Title: Terracotta conical lekythos (vase for oil)

Medium; Technique: Terracotta

Culture: Greek, Corinthian

Period: Early Protocorinthian

Date: ca. 700 B.C.

Dimensions: H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) diameter 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1923

Accession Number: 23.160.18


Description:

The decoration combines birds, fish, horses, and a wolf in an exuberantly dynamic composition. Of particular note is the large cauldron; the two birds' heads are the artist's interpretation of the griffin attachments that typically decorated bronze vessels. Compare the splendid bronze griffin head (1972.118.54).

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