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Oil flask (lekythos) in the form of an acorn with scene of bridal preparations
Manner of: the Meidias Painter
Greek
Classical Period
410–400 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 16.2 x 6 cm (6 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number95.1402
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 169.
DescriptionOil bottle molded in the form of an acorn. In the center a woman painted white, probably a bride, turns to the left, at her feet Eros ties her sandals. To the left left a woman carries a tray; at right a woman fingers her necklace. All three women wear diadems. Some details in relief with added clay were probably gilded.
[Label text]:
This acorn-shaped lekythos was found in the grave of a Peloponnesian woman along with the nearby lekythos 00.353. The painter has depicted a bride preparing for her wedding. She is assisted by Eros and other young women.
[Label text]:
This acorn-shaped lekythos was found in the grave of a Peloponnesian woman along with the nearby lekythos 00.353. The painter has depicted a bride preparing for her wedding. She is assisted by Eros and other young women.
ProvenanceBy 1895: Anonymous collection (said to have been found at Aigion, but also said to have been found between Patras and Pyrgos) [this provenance applies to 96.717-96.718 and 95.1402-95.1403, all having been found together]; Anonymous gift to MFA, 1896