Oil flask (lekythos) with Eros playing double flute

Greek

Early Classical Period

470–460 B.C.

Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Red Figure

Dimensions Height x diameter: 33.8 x 11.8 cm (13 5/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number00.341

ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 087.

DescriptionEros, a winged youth, flying, profile to right, playing the double flutes.

ProvenanceBy 1900: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: From Gela.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, February 1900