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Oil flask (lekythos)
Greek
Classical Period
about 450–430 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, White Ground
Dimensions
32.6 cm (12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Otis Norcross Fund
Accession Number10.557
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionAt the left a bearded man wearing a red cloak (himation) offers a small bird to a nude youth seated on the base of a funerary stele. On the right, a girl holding a basket gestures to the boy. She wears her hair piled on top of her head and tied back with a band. She carries various items in her basket, such as a wreath, and ribbons for decorating the stele.
ProvenanceDecember 8, 1911; purchased by MFA through Mr. Fairbanks. for $180.00