Lekythos (oil flask): Woman and Maid
c. 450 BCE-440 BCE
Artists
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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