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Oil flask (lekythos) with Zeus pursuing a female figure

about 450–440 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 41.5 cm (16 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8077
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought at Castel Vetrano. The vases there sold are nearly all from Selinus.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren; probably from Selinus. December 1901
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the Achilles Painter
about 450–440 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos)
the Achilles Painter
about 430 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos)
the Achilles Painter
about 430 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) depicting the death of Orpheus
the Achilles Painter
about 450–440 B.C.
the Achilles Painter
450–425 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with woman and servant girl
the Achilles Painter
about 440 B.C.
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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.