Cleveland Museum of Art

Red-Figure Squat Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Birth of Erichthonios

c. 420–410 BCE

Type: Ceramic
Medium: ceramic, with gilding
Dimensions: Diameter: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.); Diameter of mouth: 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); Overall: 30.3 cm (11 15/16 in.); Diameter of foot: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
Culture: Greek, Attic
Credit: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund

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