Terracotta lekythos (perfume flask)
Sappho Painter
early 5th century BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
H. 8 1/16 in. (20.4 cm); diameter 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm)
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, Attic · Late Archaic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1941
Accession Number
41.162.138
Tags
MenHorsesChariots
About the Artist
Sappho Painter
The Sappho Painter was an Attic black-figure vase painter active during the Late Archaic period, approximately 510-490 BCE. This anonymous artist's conventional name derives from their name vase, a kalpis (water jar) depicting the poet Sappho, currently held in the National Museum in Warsaw. Like most ancient Greek vase painters, this artist never signed their works, and their artistic personality...