Lekythos (oil flask): Woman with Balls of Wool
c. 470 BCE
Artists
Dimensions
37.1 x 13.4 cm (14 5/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Norbert Schimmel collection, Great Neck, NY, (by 1990), to; the Schimmel Foundation, Inc. (1990-1991), given; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.
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