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Fragment of oil flask (lekythos)
Greek
Classical Period
about 440 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, White Ground
Dimensions
12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Robinson
Accession Number94.216
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThe fragment includes about half the circumference of the upper part of the body of the vessel. The scene depicts a youth near a funerary stele.
At left the top of a stele; at right of this, and partly covering it, the head of a youth, profile to right. His left hand is preserved, holding a spear. The upper part of the face and hair of a figure opposite him are preserved; between them a shield and scabbard.
At left the top of a stele; at right of this, and partly covering it, the head of a youth, profile to right. His left hand is preserved, holding a spear. The upper part of the face and hair of a figure opposite him are preserved; between them a shield and scabbard.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Edward Robinson Collection; gift of Edward Robinson to MFA, 1894