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Oil flask (squat lekythos) depicting Nike sacrificing a bull between Ares and Aphrodite
Oil flask (squat lekythos) depicting Nike sacrificing a bull between Ares and Aphrodite

Oil flask (squat lekythos) depicting Nike sacrificing a bull between Ares and Aphrodite

about 394–390 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure with added white, added clay lines, dilute glaze and traces of gilding
DimensionsHeight: 15.2 cm (6 in.); diameter: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.884
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ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1895: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: purchased in 1895 from a Greek who said it was from Eretria); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)