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Beaker
Early Aegean, Helladic
Bronze Age, Late Helladic III B Period
about 1350–1200 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Miss Grace Nelson
Accession Number61.132
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionVapheio cup shape. Whorl-shell pattern, with stripes above, in middle and below; red on buff. Cf. Furumark MP, motif 23, nos. 6-9, fig. 51 (opp. p. 310). (The motif is usual in long-stemmed kylikes)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Wolfgang Meyer, Lugano; according to the invoice from Münzen und Medaillen: before 1959: purchased from Wolfgang Meyer by Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; February 8, 1961: purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen, A.G. for $ 180.00 with funds from the bequest of Miss Grace Nelson (recorded as Bequest of Miss Grace Nelson)