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Grave marker in the form of an oil flask (lekythos)

about 420–410 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Mount Pentelikon near Athens
DimensionsHeight : 76 cm (29 15/16in.)

Credit LineAnna Mitchell Richards Fund and 1931 Purchase Fund
Accession number38.1615
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1933, consigned by Roussos (dealer), Athens, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, Boston, to Brummer Gallery, New York (consignment no. X712); 1934, sold by Roussos to Brummer Gallery (stock no. P11096); 1938, sold by Brummer Gallery to the MFA for $7200. (Accession Date: November 10, 1938)
Head of a bearded man
about A.D. 150–192; first recut about A.D. 210–267; second recut about A.D. 400
Statuette of Aphrodite
about 325–300 B.C.
Youth
4th century B.C.
Head of a youth
about 330–320 B.C.
Grave stele of Aristomache
about 330–320 B.C.
Woman from a funerary monument
about 330–325 B.C.
Weeping Siren
about 350–325 B.C.
Head of an athlete pouring oil into his hand
late 2nd century B.C. after a late Classical original of around 360 B.C.
Youthful athlete (Apollo?)
about A.D. 100–150
Grave stele
about 325–320 B.C.
Youth
about 375–325 B.C.