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Oil flask (lekythos)

460–450 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, White Ground
DimensionsHeight: 37 cm (14 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number1970.428
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland, Auction 40, December 13, 1969, lot 112; purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G., September 16, 1970
Oil flask (lekythos)
Oil flask (lekythos)
the Bird Painter
about 420 B.C.
White-ground oil flask (lekythos) with an oil-merchant's shop
White-ground oil flask (lekythos) with an oil-merchant's shop
the Gela Painter
about 510-490 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with a man with shield and helmet at a grave
Oil flask (lekythos) with a man with shield and helmet at a grave
the Thanatos Painter
440–430 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos)
the Achilles Painter
450–425 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) depicting two women at a grave stele
Oil flask (lekythos) depicting two women at a grave stele
the Achilles Painter
about 440 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women visiting a grave
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women visiting a grave
the Thanatos Painter
about 440–430 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos)
Oil flask (lekythos)
The Painter of London E342
about 475–450 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women carrying funerary gifts
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women carrying funerary gifts
Painter of Athens 1943
about 440 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with a man and a woman holding a funerary basket at a grave
Oil flask (lekythos) with a man and a woman holding a funerary basket at a grave
the Thanatos Painter
about 440–430 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with two visitors at a tomb
the Thanatos Painter
about 440–430 B.C.
Wrestlers painted on pediment
White ground oil flask (lekythos) depicting a grave monument for an athlete
Thanatos Painter
about 450–440 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women, one holding a large basket filled with red ribbons
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women, one holding a large basket filled with red ribbons
the Achilles Painter
about 440–430 B.C.