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Oil flask (lekythos) with Athena
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 470–460 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 40.8 cm (16 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.43
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 089.
DescriptionAthena standing full front, with face profile to left; she holds her helmet in her right hand. In the field at her left and referring to the goddess is the Greek inscription "beautiful" (KALE), and below her right arm "Hippon is handsome" (HIPPON KALOS).
Restorations affect figure very slightly.
[Label text]:
The goddess Athena is depicted here with all her usual attributes-a staff and a helmet identify her association with war. She also wears the protective aegis, a cape given to her by Zeus that bears the head of the gorgon Medusa.
Restorations affect figure very slightly.
[Label text]:
The goddess Athena is depicted here with all her usual attributes-a staff and a helmet identify her association with war. She also wears the protective aegis, a cape given to her by Zeus that bears the head of the gorgon Medusa.
InscriptionsΚΑLΕ
ΗΙΠΠΟΝΚΑLΟS
ΗΙΠΠΟΝΚΑLΟS
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: found in the same grave, Greece, with 95.44 and 95.45; according to Caskey-Beazley, no. 89: from Thebes); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)