Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)
Bit of right thigh, genitals, and left leg and foot of a male to right and part of the body, hind legs and tail of a lion (Herakles and the lion?)
Credit: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
Late 6th century B.C.
Terracotta; black-figure
2011.604.3.841
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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