Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Lekythos. Greek, Attic. Classical. Classification: Vases. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1908. Gallery 159.
Attribution History
Bibliography
9 references
Books & Monographs
Giudice E., Il tymbos, la stele e la barca di Caronte, L'Immaginario della morte sulle lekythoi funerarie a fondo bianco (Rome, 2015)
(2015) — 163, FIG.11 (PART OF BD)
, Leukes Likythoi tou Zoographou tou Achilleos sto Ethniko Archaiologiko Mouseio (Athens, 1998)
(1998) — 73, FIG.11 (BD)
, J.H. et al., Athenian Potters and Painters, The Conference Proceedings (Oxford, 1997)
(1997) — 327, FIG.11 (PART)
, The Achilles Painter (Mainz, 1997)
(1997) — PL.129B (PART)
, Athenian Lekythoi (New York, 1914)
(1914) — II, PL.35.1
Journal Articles
, The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
(1989) — 58 (1989), PL.75, NO.53
Catalogues & Reference Works
, Paralipomena (Oxford, 1971)
(1971) — 438
, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963)
(1963) — 999.181
, Attische Vasenmaler des rotfigurigen Stils (Tübingen, 1925)
(1925) — 377.7
Provenance
2 recorded events
Excavation
before 1908
Eretria, Euboea, Greece
Excavated at Eretria on the island of Euboea. White-ground lekythoi were commonly deposited as grave goods.
BAPD
Purchase
1908
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY, USA
Acquired by the Met.
Met accession records
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)