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title: Oil Bottle with Tragic Mask
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10912/oil-bottle-with-tragic-mask/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Oil Bottle with Tragic Mask
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10912.jpg)
## Image Caption
Red-figured squat lekythos (oil-bottle) with a tragic mask (perhaps [Electra](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/electra/)'s) and a stage. Made in Lucania, [Italy](https://www.worldhistory.org/italy/), c. 360-320 BCE. British Museum, London.
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Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2019, June 12). Oil Bottle with Tragic Mask. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Oil Bottle with Tragic Mask." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 12, 2019. .
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