Skip to main content

Oil flask (lekythos) with Eros playing double flute

470–460 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 33.8 x 11.8 cm (13 5/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number00.341
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1900: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: From Gela.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, February 1900
Oil flask (lekythos) with Athena
the Providence Painter
about 470–460 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with man and woman
the Providence Painter
about 470–460 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with Apollo
the Providence Painter
about 470–460 B.C.
Amphora
the Providence Painter
about 470–460 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with Zeus pursuing a woman (Thetis?)
the Providence Painter
about 470–460 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with a libation scene
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
Fragment of a loutrophoros depicting the preparations of a bride
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
430–425 B.C.
Two-handled jar (pelike) with actors preparing for a performance
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
Libation bowl (phiale mesomphalos) depicting men being entertained
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with Achilles and Ajax
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.