Nike (the personification of victory) offering fillet (band) to youth
White-ground bobbin (side A). Attic.Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Diam. 12.8 cm. Inv. No. 28.167.New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nike (the personification of victory) offering fillet (band) to youth.
White-ground bobbin (side A). Attic.
Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Diam. 12.8 cm.
Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Diam. 12.8 cm.
Inv. No. 28.167.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Origin:
Fletcher Fund, 1928.
Description:
This object belongs to a group of roughly half a dozen pieces, all of the same construction and exceptionally fine quality but of undetermined function. The two most frequently advanced interpretations are that they served as bobbins or yo-yos. The shape lends itself to either purpose. The fragility of the material makes clear that they must have been dedications. Like the adjacent pyxis, this bobbin demonstrates the Penthesilea Painter’s wonderful gift for color and composition.
Credits:
(cc) 2021. Photo, text: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0 1.0).
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