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Oil flask (lekythos) with a maiden

about 470–460 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 32.8 cm (12 15/16 in.); diameter: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.40
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
InscriptionsR: ΛΙΧΑΣ L: ΚΑΛΟΣ
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: said to have been found at Eretria); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)
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