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Oil flask (lekythos) with women and children

Oil flask (lekythos) with women and children

about 425 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsOverall: 14 x 8.5 cm (5 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.49
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (MFA archival card: said to be from 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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Oil flask (lekythos) with women and children
Oil flask (lekythos) with women and children
the Meidias Painter
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the Meidias Painter
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the Meidias Painter
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the Meidias Painter
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the Meidias Painter
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the Meidias Painter
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