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Lekythos (oil flask): Palmette

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SMALL RED-FIGURED LEKYTHOS, ON FRONT A PALMETTO BOUGHT AT ATHENS
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection
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Title: Lekythos (oil flask): Palmette
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SMALL RED-FIGURED LEKYTHOS, ON FRONT A PALMETTO BOUGHT AT ATHENS.

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