Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Lekythos. Greek, Attic. Classical. Classification: Vases. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1924. Gallery 157.
Attribution History
Bibliography
6 references
Books & Monographs
, J. et al. (eds.), La musica en la Antigua Grecia (Murcia, 2012)
(2012) — 498, FIG.8 (BD)
, R. and Giudice, F. (eds.), Ta Attika, Attic Figured Vases from Gela (Rome, 2003)
(2003) — 316.G58 (PART)
, G. & Hall, L., Red-figured Athenian Vases in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New Haven, 1936)
(1936) — PLS.46.47, 175.47
Catalogues & Reference Works
, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963)
(1963) — 384.216
, Attic Red-figure Vase-painters, 1st ed. (Oxford, 1942)
(1942) — 255.159
, Attische Vasenmaler des rotfigurigen Stils (Tübingen, 1925)
(1925) — 184.25, 474
Provenance
2 recorded events
Excavation
before 1924
Gela, Sicily, Italy
Excavated at the Greek colony of Gela in southern Sicily.
BAPD
Purchase
1924
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY, USA
Acquired by the Met. Fletcher Fund.
Met accession records
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)