Oil flask (lekythos) with two women carrying funerary gifts
about 440 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, White Ground
DimensionsOverall: 38.5 x 12 cm (15 3/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.65
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On viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
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)
the Painter of the Athens Wedding
about 400 B.C.
Class of Athens 581
early 5th century B.C.
the Thanatos Painter
about 440–430 B.C.
