Detail of a Terracotta Lekythos Attributed to the Nikon Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2019

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
ca. 460–450 B.C.
Attributed to the Nikon Painter

Obverse, Apollo with kithara (lyre) and palm tree

Object Details

Title:Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Attributed to the Nikon Painter

Period:Classical

Date:ca. 460–450 B.C.

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

Accession Number:53.224


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.


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254795