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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1959.222
Title
Lekythos (oil flask): Woman Bringing Offering
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 450-400 BCE
Period
Classical period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290988

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
White-ground

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #13443

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
1959.222
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
A woman bringing an offering basket to a tomb.

Publication History

  • Sarah Jane Rennie, "The Identification of Original Decoration on a Collection of Attic White Ground Lekythoi" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1994), Unpublished, pp. 1-24 passim

Verification Level

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