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Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Owl and Olive Sprig

Red-figure Lekythos · 5th century BCE

Squat lekythos decorated in the red-figure technique: owl and olive sprig.
Extensive spalling due to salt damage.

(Lower left in photograph)

Shape

Technique

Period

Classical period

Date

5th century BCE

Culture

Greek

Findspot

Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica

Museum

Harvard Art Museums

Accession Number

1935.35.46

Image Source

harvard

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Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)