Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

circa 550-530 BCE

Amasis Painter (attributed to)

Greek, Attic

Style/Period: Archaic

Repository: Greek and Roman Art Department, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1931.

containers; decorative art; tools, equipment and materials

terracotta (clay material); black-figure

6 3/4 inches (17.15 cm) high

"On the shoulder, a seated woman, perhaps a goddess, is approached by four youths and eight dancing maidens. On the body, women are making woolen cloth. One of the most important responsibilities of women was the preparation of wool and the weaving of cloth. Here, in the center, two women work at an upright loom. To the right, three women weigh wool. Farther to the right, four women spin wool into yarn, while between them finished cloth is being folded." (Metropolitan Museum of Art 2019)

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Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2019. “Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), ca. 550-530 B.C.” Metmuseum. Accessed March 29. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/253348.