Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Figure in Chiton and Mantle
c. 420-390 BCE
Description
Hovering winged? figure in chiton and mantle. Faint lines on the chiton, hair outline reserved. Hasty technique. Intact.
Dimensions
6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Joseph Clark Hoppin, purchased in Athens, 1898; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.
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