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Oil flask (lekythos) depicting Athena holding helmet and shield

Oil flask (lekythos) depicting Athena holding helmet and shield

about 470 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 38.1 cm (15 in.)
Credit LineEdwin E. Jack Fund
Accession number69.1053
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: said to be from Gela; by 1967: perhaps with a New York dealer; 1967: with Sotheby & Co., 34 & 35, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (Sotheby & Co. auction, November 27, 1967, lot 158); date unknown: Hesperia Art Bulletin 47, no. A 26; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., September 17, 1969
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