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Oil flask (lekythos)

450–425 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, White Ground
Dimensions30.7 cm (12 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession number93.105
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptions"Lichas is handsome" (LIXAS KALOS) The sigmas are probably simplifications of four-stroke sigmas. ΛΙΧΑΣ ΚΑΛΟΣ
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Mr. de Caix de Saint-Aymour in Paris (according to MFA Pottery Register: said to have been found in the island of Euboea, at Eretria); purchased from him by an Anonymous donor (Edward Perry Warren); gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA, March 1893
Oil flask (lekythos) depicting two women at a grave stele
Oil flask (lekythos) depicting two women at a grave stele
the Achilles Painter
about 440 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women, one holding a large basket filled with red ribbons
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women, one holding a large basket filled with red ribbons
the Achilles Painter
about 440–430 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with seated woman and attendant
Oil flask (lekythos) with seated woman and attendant
the Achilles Painter
about 440 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with woman and servant girl
Oil flask (lekythos) with woman and servant girl
the Achilles Painter
about 440 B.C.
Mixing bowl (calyx krater) with Zeus pursuing Aigina
Mixing bowl (calyx krater) with Zeus pursuing Aigina
the Achilles Painter
about 450–440 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos)
Oil flask (lekythos)
the Achilles Painter
about 430 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos)
Oil flask (lekythos)
the Achilles Painter
about 430 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with Zeus pursuing a female figure
Oil flask (lekythos) with Zeus pursuing a female figure
the Achilles Painter
about 450–440 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) depicting the death of Orpheus
Oil flask (lekythos) depicting the death of Orpheus
the Achilles Painter
about 450–440 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Oedipus and the Sphinx of Thebes
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Oedipus and the Sphinx of Thebes
the Achilles Painter
450–440 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos)
Oil flask (lekythos)
the Bird Painter
about 420 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos)
the Inscription Painter
460–450 B.C.