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White ground oil flask (lekythos) depicting a grave monument for an athlete

White ground oil flask (lekythos) depicting a grave monument for an athlete

about 450–440 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, White Ground, polychrome
DimensionsHeight: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.)
Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8080
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought from Athens.); December 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
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Oil flask (lekythos) with a man with shield and helmet at a grave
the Thanatos Painter
440–430 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 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.
Oil flask (lekythos)
Oil flask (lekythos)
the Thanatos Painter
about 450–425 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women
the Thanatos Painter
about 450–425 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.
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the Gela Painter
about 510-490 B.C.
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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)
Oil flask (lekythos)
The Painter of London E342
about 475–450 B.C.