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Oil bottle (lekythos)

end of 5th century B.C. or mid-4th century B.C.?
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Relief
Dimensions8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Wales
Accession number95.832
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Wales Collection (according to MFA file card: bought in Naples for $5.00); dates unknown: on loan to MFA (Robinson catalogue, no. 464); gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Wales to MFA, March 28, 1895