White-ground oil flask (lekythos) with an oil-merchant's shop
about 510-490 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure, White Ground
DimensionsHeight: 24.6 cm (9 11/16 in.); diameter: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number99.526
On View
On viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceSaid to have been purchased in Gela, Sicily, by an unknown collector, Rome [see note 1]; sold by this collector to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Rome and London; 1899, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA for $32,500 [see note 2].
NOTES:
[1] According to Edward Perry Warren in 1899, he purchased this from "a man always truthful in Rome," who acquired it in Terra Nuova (Terranova di Sicilia), present-day Gela. [2] This was the price for MFA accession nos. 99.338-99.542.
NOTES:
[1] According to Edward Perry Warren in 1899, he purchased this from "a man always truthful in Rome," who acquired it in Terra Nuova (Terranova di Sicilia), present-day Gela. [2] This was the price for MFA accession nos. 99.338-99.542.
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.
The Primato Painter
about 350–340 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.