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Oil flask (lekythos) with battle of Greeks and Amazons

Oil flask (lekythos) with battle of Greeks and Amazons

about 430 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure technique
DimensionsHeight: 22.7 cm (8 15/16 in.); diameter: 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.48
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Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
InscriptionsFrom LàR Σ ΙΠΠΟΛΥΤΗ ΘΗΣ[ΕVΣ]
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: October 1893. Said to have been found at Athens); 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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