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Oil flask (lekythos) with the hunter Kephalos and his dog

about 470 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 39.2 cm (15 7/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number13.198
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1912: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: From Gela, said to have been found in the same grave with [13.199].); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, January 2, 1913, for $18,948.70 (this figure is the total price for MFA 13.186-13.245)