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Oil flask (lekythos) with a man with shield and helmet at a grave
Oil flask (lekythos) with a man with shield and helmet at a grave

Oil flask (lekythos) with a man with shield and helmet at a grave

the Thanatos Painter
440–430 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, White Ground
DimensionsOverall: 31.5 x 11 cm (12 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Edward Robinson
Accession number92.2609
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Dracopoulos Brothers, Athens; purchased in Athens in 1882 by Edward Robinson from Dracopoulos Brothers (according to AJA 1886, p. 394); gift of Edward Robinson to MFA, February 10, 1892
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