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Oil flask (lekythos)

Oil flask (lekythos)

about 420 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, White Ground
DimensionsOverall: 26.5 x 7.5 cm (10 7/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Descendants of James Hattrick Lee
Accession number1994.210
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy unknown date: James Hattrick Lee Collection; by 1917: Frances Lee Collection (on loan from her to MFA from June 1 to October 19, 1917); by unknown date: Alice Lee Collection (sister of Frances Lee); by 1978: James Hattrick Lee Family Collection (received from Alice Lee); gift of James Hattrick Lee Descendants (Elizabeth C. Bourquin, Rosita Corey, Charlotte L. Doty) to MFA, June 22, 1994
Pitcher (oinochoe) and lid
Pitcher (oinochoe) and lid
The Bird-and-Lozenge Painter
735–720 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos)
the Inscription Painter
460–450 B.C.
White-ground oil flask (lekythos) with an oil-merchant's shop
White-ground oil flask (lekythos) with an oil-merchant's shop
the Gela Painter
about 510-490 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with a man with shield and helmet at a grave
Oil flask (lekythos) with a man with shield and helmet at a grave
the Thanatos Painter
440–430 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos)
the Achilles Painter
450–425 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) depicting two women at a grave stele
Oil flask (lekythos) depicting two women at a grave stele
the Achilles Painter
about 440 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women visiting a grave
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women visiting a grave
the Thanatos Painter
about 440–430 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos)
Oil flask (lekythos)
The Painter of London E342
about 475–450 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women carrying funerary gifts
Oil flask (lekythos) with two women carrying funerary gifts
Painter of Athens 1943
about 440 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with a man and a woman holding a funerary basket at a grave
Oil flask (lekythos) with a man and a woman holding a funerary basket at a grave
the Thanatos Painter
about 440–430 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with two visitors at a tomb
the Thanatos Painter
about 440–430 B.C.
Wrestlers painted on pediment
White ground oil flask (lekythos) depicting a grave monument for an athlete
Thanatos Painter
about 450–440 B.C.