About This Artwork

Greek, Attica
Attributed to the Reed Painter

Lekythos (Oil Bottle), 410/400 B.C.

Terracotta, white-ground technique
Height: 46.4 cm (18 1/4 in.); Diameter at mouth: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); Diameter at shoulder: 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.); Diameter at base: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through The Antiquarian Society, 1907.18