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Basket-shaped vase (kalathos)

Greek
Late Geometric Period
740–690 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia

Medium/Technique Ceramic
Dimensions Height: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number97.365
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 289.
DescriptionHas perforated decoration in four zones, separated by three narrow bands, each with a zigzag in brown. Dots on rim.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in the North of a Greek.); 1897: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 25,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 97.285-97.442 and 97.1104)