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Oil flask (lekythos) with maenad holding a thyrsos

about 480 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 32.1 cm (12 5/8 in.)
Credit LineCornelia Prime Lowell Fund
Accession number24.450
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1924: with E. P. Warren (according to a January 26, 1925, letter from Frank Gearing with the following provenance from Warren: from Selinus); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 4, 1924, for $ 2,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 24.449 -24.453)
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