Oil flask (lekythos) in the form of Aphrodite at her birth
about 380–370 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Figural
DimensionsOverall: 20.8 x 9.5 x 7 cm (8 3/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number96.722
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On viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
Provenance1896, sold by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 6, 1896)
4th century B.C.
4th century B.C.
about 470 B.C.
about 350–325 B.C.
about late 5th or early 4th century B.C.
about late 5th or early 4th century B.C.