Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, white-ground, H. 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm); diameter 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm), Vases, Helios (the Sun) rises in his quadriga (4-horse chariot); above, Nyx (Night) driving away to the left and Eos (the goddess of dawn) to the right; Herakles offering sacrifice at altar.. The four lekythoi grouped here are all attributed to the same painter and are said to have been found together in a tomb in Attica
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Terracotta lekythos, oil flask, Archaic, ca, 500 B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, black-figure, white-ground, H, 6 13/16, 17.3 cm, diameter, 2, 7.2, Vases, Helios, Sun, rises, quadriga, 4-horse chariot, Nyx, Night, driving away, left, Eos, goddess, dawn, right, Herakles offering sacrifice, altar., four lekythoi, grouped, attributed, painter, said, together, tomb, Attica
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