Lekythos (oil flask): Woman and Maid
VesselsGreek5th century BCE

Lekythos (oil flask): Woman and Maid

c. 450 BCE-440 BCE

Artists

The Achilles PainterArtist
Classification
Vessels
Technique
White ground
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Greek
Period
Classical period, High
Century
5th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

34 x 10.2 cm (13 3/8 x 4 in.)

Provenance

Frederick M. Watkins; Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1972. In addition, a handwritten note in the 1973 catalogue written by David Mitten quotes a March 5, 1973 letter from Dietrich von Bothmer: "On loan to MFA in 1912. Sold by the widow of Richard Norton to Morley." [Andreya Mihaloew 4/28/2008]

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