Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Oil flask (lekythos)

Oil flask (lekythos)

about 450–425 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, White Ground
Dimensions27.5 cm (10 13/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number09.69
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptions"Phaidimos is handsome" (PHAIDIMOS KALOS) ΦΑΙΔΙΜΟS ΚΑΛΟS
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Richard Norton; February 9, 1909: purchased by MFA through Richard Norton for $ 260.00 (this is the total price for 09.69-09.70)

Oil flask (lekythos) with a man with shield and helmet at a grave
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.
Wrestlers painted on pediment
White ground oil flask (lekythos) depicting a grave monument for an athlete
Thanatos Painter
about 450–440 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.
White-ground oil flask (lekythos) with an oil-merchant's shop
White-ground oil flask (lekythos) with an oil-merchant's shop
the Gela Painter
about 510-490 B.C.
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)
Oil flask (lekythos)
The Painter of London E342
about 475–450 B.C.