Oil flask (lekythos) with Herakles and Pholos
510-490 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
Dimensions27.7 cm (10 7/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number93.100
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ProvenanceBy 1893: with Mr. de Caix de Saint-Aymour in Paris (said to have been found in the island of Euboea, at Eretria); purchased from him by an Anonymous donor; Anonymous gift to MFA, March 1893
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.
the Antimenes Painter
about 520–510 B.C.
Edinburgh Painter
about 510–500 B.C.
The Swing Painter
about 540–520 B.C.
the Rycroft Painter
about 520 B.C.