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 viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
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)
about A.D. 150–192; first recut about A.D. 210–267; second recut about A.D. 400
about 325–320 B.C.
about 325–300 B.C.
4th century B.C.
about 375–325 B.C.
about 330–320 B.C.
about 330–320 B.C.
about 330–325 B.C.
about 350–325 B.C.
1st half of the 1st century A.D.
late 2nd century B.C. after a late Classical original of around 360 B.C.
about A.D. 100–150