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Lekythos (oil flask): Charioteer with Horses

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Lekythos has a "chimney mouth, sharp shoulders and a high blunt foot", a type described by John Boardman in Athenian Black Figure Vases, 1974.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Loan from the Estate of Donald Upham and Mrs. R. U. Hunter
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Title: Lekythos (oil flask): Charioteer with Horses
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Lekythos has a "chimney mouth, sharp shoulders and a high blunt foot", a type described by John Boardman in Athenian Black Figure Vases, 1974.

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