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Oil flask (lekythos) with owl
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 470–460 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 13.6 cm (5 3/8 in.); diameter: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8090
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThe body of this lekythos is decorated with an owl sitting on an olive branch. The owl's head and legs are covered in dots, while the feathers on its wings and tail are indicated by a grid-like pattern. The owl faces frontally, displaying both of its large, staring eyes. The field with the owl and the branch is bordered by a meander pattern above, while the shoulder carries a ray pattern.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Naples.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901