Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) ca. 420-400 B.C. Attributed to a painter of Group R CombatA horseman is fighting a foot soldier in front of the kind of whispy reeds that give this group of painters its name. The subject may indicate that this lekythos stood on the tomb of a man who died in battle. The iconography may, however, also be a reflection of the conflicts of the Peloponnesian War, which were taking place concurrently. Characteristic of the Reed Group's style is polychromy applied in translucent washes.. Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). Greek, Attic. ca. 420-400 B.C.. Terracotta; white-ground. Classical. Vases

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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) ca. 420-400 B.C. Attributed to a painter of Group R CombatA horseman is fighting a foot soldier in front of the kind of whispy reeds that give this group of painters its name. The subject may indicate that this lekythos stood on the tomb of a man who died in battle. The iconography may, however, also be a reflection of the conflicts of the Peloponnesian War, which were taking place concurrently. Characteristic of the Reed Group's style is polychromy applied in translucent washes.. Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). Greek, Attic. ca. 420-400 B.C.. Terracotta; white-ground. Classical. Vases

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