About This Artwork

Greek, Attica
Attributed to The Achilles Painter

Lekythos (Oil Bottle), 450-440 B.C.

Terracotta, white-ground technique
Height: 30.8 cm (12 1/8 in.); Diameter at mouth: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.); Diameter at shoulder 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.); Diameter at base: 6.8 cm (2 5/8 in.)
Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through The Antiquarian Society, 1907.20

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 155, 1994 – present