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Oil flask (lekythos)

Oil flask (lekythos)

about 475–450 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, White Ground
Dimensions35 cm (13 3/4 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.47
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his letter of Feb. 9, 1901: bought from Lambros who said it was 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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The Painter of London D12
about 450 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos)
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the Bird Painter
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Oil flask (lekythos)
the Inscription Painter
460–450 B.C.
White-ground oil flask (lekythos) with an oil-merchant's shop
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the Gela Painter
about 510-490 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with a man with shield and helmet at a grave
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the Thanatos Painter
440–430 B.C.
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Oil flask (lekythos)
the Achilles Painter
450–425 B.C.
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 visiting a grave
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women visiting a grave
the Thanatos Painter
about 440–430 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women carrying funerary gifts
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women carrying funerary gifts
Painter of Athens 1943
about 440 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with a man and a woman holding a funerary basket at a grave
Oil flask (lekythos) with a man and a woman holding a funerary basket at a grave
the Thanatos Painter
about 440–430 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with two visitors at a tomb
the Thanatos Painter
about 440–430 B.C.