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Oil flask (squat lekythos)

about 370–360 B.C.
Place of ManufactureApulia, Italy
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
Dimensions16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Thomas Gold Appleton
Accession number76.59
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Thomas Gold Appleton Collection (according to Robinson, Catalogue, no. 503: purchased by him of Alessandro Castellani; from Ruvo); gift of Thomas Gold Appleton to MFA, 1876
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