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Attic red figure fragment of a rhyton

Greek
Classical Period
about 460 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number26.15
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionFemale head in relief. On the background remains of red figure drapery.
[Label text]:
This fragment of a larger vase preserves a female head in relief that was once part of a large scene with other figures.
ProvenanceBy 1885: with Daniel Z. Noorian (according to his letter of January 14, 1926: purchased by me in the early part of January 1885, when we visted [sic] the ruins of Babylon); January 14, 1926: purchased from Daniel Z. Noorian, 40 East 57th Street, New York by Denman Ross; gift of Denman Ross to MFA, February 4, 1926