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Oil bottle (lekythos) with a woman looking in a hand-held mirror
Oil bottle (lekythos) with a woman looking in a hand-held mirror

Oil bottle (lekythos) with a woman looking in a hand-held mirror

The Primato Painter
about 350–340 B.C.
Place of ManufactureLucania, Italy
Country of Origin, for CustomsItaly
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure with added white and yellow
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 36 x 16.5 cm (14 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Edward Austin
Accession number76.455
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Edward Austin Collection; gift of Edward Austin to MFA, August 19, 1876
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