OIl flask (alabastron)
about 1365–1200 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic
DimensionsHeight: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.); Diameter 7.5 cm (2 15/15 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Mary Lee
Accession number1982.681
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1933: Miss Mary Lee Collection (said to have been found by Miss Mary Lee at the side of a railroad cutting in Myloi (Lerna) near Argos); loaned by Mary Lee to MFA, January 13, 1933 as 23.33; by 1982: estate of Miss Mary Lee; gift of her executors to MFA, December 8, 1982
600–575 B.C.
A.D. 200–250
about 470 B.C.
about 550 B.C.
second half of 4th century B.C.
1784–1668 B.C.
1st to 2nd century A.D.
about 350–340 B.C.
760–740 B.C.
about 600–575 B.C.