Oil Jar (Lekythos) with Two Women Carrying Funerary Gifts

Unknown private collection (Basel, Switzerland or England); 13 December 1969, purchased from Münzen und Medaillen, A.G. (Basel, Switzerland) auction "Kunstwerke der Antike" [sale 40, lot 111] on behalf of the Elvehjem Art Center [now called the Chazen Museum of Art]. [last researched by Chazen staff January 2023]

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