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
On View
On viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
Provenance1896, sold by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 6, 1896)
first half of 4th century B.C.
late 5th–early 4th century B.C.
4th century B.C.
375–350 B.C.
4th century B.C.
about 470 B.C.
about 350–325 B.C.