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Oil flask (lekythos)

about 430 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 42.2 cm (16 5/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number93.104
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
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
Mixing bowl (calyx krater) with Zeus pursuing Aigina
the Achilles Painter
about 450–440 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos)
the Achilles Painter
about 430 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with Zeus pursuing a female figure
the Achilles Painter
about 450–440 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) depicting the death of Orpheus
the Achilles Painter
about 450–440 B.C.
the Achilles Painter
450–425 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with woman and servant girl
the Achilles Painter
about 440 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with a libation scene
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
Fragment of a loutrophoros depicting the preparations of a bride
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
430–425 B.C.