Oil flask (lekythos) with the birth of Dionysos
about 460 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure technique
DimensionsHeight: 42.8 cm (16 7/8 in.); diameter: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.39
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceSaid to have been found at Eretria, Greece [see note 1]. August, 1893, acquired by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London; 1895, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA [see note 2]. (Accession Date: January 1, 1895)
NOTES:
[1] According to Warren's records. [2] MFA accession nos. 95.9 - 95.174 were purchased together for $29,857.37.
NOTES:
[1] According to Warren's records. [2] MFA accession nos. 95.9 - 95.174 were purchased together for $29,857.37.
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
the Brygos Painter
about 480 B.C.
the Painter of the Florence Pursuit
late fifth century B.C.
