Oil flask (lekythos) with the birth of Dionysos
about 460 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure technique
DimensionsHeight: 42.8 cm (16 7/8 in.); diameter: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.39
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceSaid to have been found at Eretria, Greece [see note 1]. August, 1893, acquired by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London; 1895, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA [see note 2]. (Accession Date: January 1, 1895)
NOTES:
[1] According to Warren's records. [2] MFA accession nos. 95.9 - 95.174 were purchased together for $29,857.37.
NOTES:
[1] According to Warren's records. [2] MFA accession nos. 95.9 - 95.174 were purchased together for $29,857.37.
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
the Brygos Painter
about 480 B.C.
Painter of Goluchow 37
about 500–490 B.C.
the Painter of the Florence Pursuit
late fifth century B.C.
