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Fragmentary oil flask (lekythos) depicting a visit to the grave
Greek
Classical Period
about 460 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, White Ground
Dimensions
27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number10.220
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionA man and a woman visit a grave. The broad funerary stele is topped with a painted sculpture of a blonde woman in a chair. Red fillets decorate the monument. On the left, a youth in a red cloak (himation) is bringing another fillet to the tomb. On the right, a woman holds up a lekythos in her right hand, and carries a flat basket in her left arm.
ProvenanceBetween 1896 to 1898, purchased by Edward Perry Warren; June 2, 1910: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $4,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 10.159-10.230)