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Lekythos
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Terracotta lekythos (perfume flask)
Terracotta loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water)
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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 159
Charon, Hermes, and youthHermes, identifiable by his winged boots and herald's staff, beckons a young man, the deceased, toward Charon's boat. Charon wears the clothing typical of a Greek workman—the exomis, a tunic that is fastened on one shoulder and leaves both arms free and bare, and a cap with a narrow brim.
Richter, Gisela M.A. 1923. "Three Athenian White Lekythoi." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 18(8): p. 193, figs. 3-4.