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Oil flask (lekythos) with prothesis
Oil flask (lekythos) with prothesis

Oil flask (lekythos) with prothesis

about 440 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, White Ground
DimensionsOverall: 35.1 x 11.1 cm (13 13/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.46
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1892: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: bought in Paris in June of 1892 from a Greek, who said it had been found in Athens); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for
$ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)
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