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Oil flask (lekythos) with two women carrying funerary gifts
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.
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
On View
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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