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Oil flask (lekythos)
Attributed to: the Thanatos Painter
Greek
Classical Period
about 450–425 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, White Ground
Dimensions
27.5 cm (10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number09.69
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis scene depicts two mourners at a tomb. To left of the funerary stele, which is decorated with fillets, is a woman holding an oil bottle (alabastron). To the right of her head is the Greek inscription: "Phaidimos is handsome" (PHAIDIMOS KALOS).
To right of the stele is a youth in a red cloak (himation), carrying a staff. Above the scene is a maeander border.
Condition: Broken at the neck and base, and put together.
To right of the stele is a youth in a red cloak (himation), carrying a staff. Above the scene is a maeander border.
Condition: Broken at the neck and base, and put together.
Inscriptions"Phaidimos is handsome" (PHAIDIMOS KALOS)
ΦΑΙΔΙΜΟS ΚΑΛΟS
ΦΑΙΔΙΜΟS ΚΑΛΟS
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Richard Norton; February 9, 1909: purchased by MFA through Richard Norton for $ 260.00 (this is the total price for 09.69-09.70)