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Oil flask (lekythos) depicting a visit to the grave
Greek
Classical period
about 460–410 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, White Ground
Dimensions
29.7 cm (11 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. May Sheppard Jordan
Accession Number21.274
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis scene depicts girl and a boy visiting a tomb. On the right, a boy wearing a deep red cloak (himation) stands solemnly gazing at the stele. On the left a girl bends over to decorate the stele with items she carries in a low, flat basket, such as wreaths and ribbons. The stele is already tied with a red fillet.
ProvenanceBy 1920, May Shepppard Jordan (b. 1861 - d. 1920), Boston; 1921, bequest of Mrs. Jordan to the MFA. (Accession date: April 7, 1921)