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| Keywords: Bowdoin Painter - Shoulder Lekythos Depicting Nike (?) Pouring from a Patera at an Altar - Walters 48257 - Side A.jpg This red-figure lekythos depicts Nike She flies to the right with arms outstretched holding a phiale in her right hand an oval shaped object possibly a fruit or egg in her left Below on the right is an altar with fire on which she pours liquid from the phiale She wears a chiton mantle disc earing and serpentine bracelets Ribbons hold her hair in place Red dots fill much of the picture field; a few to the left of the altar appear to be letters of a nonsense inscription ca 480 470 BC Classical terracotta at shoulder cm 27 7 9 1 h x diam ; at mouth cm 5 5 diam ; at foot cm 5 9 diam accession number 48 257 10430 Joseph Brummer New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 Inscription Nonsense running vertically to the left of the altar place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Bowdoin Painter Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Nike in ancient Greek pottery Bowdoin Painter - Shoulder Lekythos Depicting Nike (?) Pouring from a Patera at an Altar - Walters 48257 - Side A.jpg This red-figure lekythos depicts Nike She flies to the right with arms outstretched holding a phiale in her right hand an oval shaped object possibly a fruit or egg in her left Below on the right is an altar with fire on which she pours liquid from the phiale She wears a chiton mantle disc earing and serpentine bracelets Ribbons hold her hair in place Red dots fill much of the picture field; a few to the left of the altar appear to be letters of a nonsense inscription ca 480 470 BC Classical terracotta at shoulder cm 27 7 9 1 h x diam ; at mouth cm 5 5 diam ; at foot cm 5 9 diam accession number 48 257 10430 Joseph Brummer New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 Inscription Nonsense running vertically to the left of the altar place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Bowdoin Painter Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Nike in ancient Greek pottery | ||||
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