Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Sabouroff Painter
ca. 450 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
H. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) diameter 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, Attic · Classical
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1907
Accession Number
07.286.40
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenFunerals
About the Artist
Sabouroff Painter
**The Sabouroff Painter** was an anonymous Athenian vase-painter active during the early Classical period, flourishing roughly between 470 and 440 BC. His conventional name was coined by Sir John Beazley after a nuptial lebes (a type of wedding bowl) formerly in the Sabouroff collection and now in Berlin; consistent stylistic traits across hundreds of surviving works confirm him as a distinct arti...