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Fragment of a vessel stand
Greek, East Greek
Archaic Period
early 6th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis, Cemetery
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.); diameter: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.815
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 336.
DescriptionPart of a stand used to hold a mixing bowl (dinos). Broken at top and at bottom. A hole in the bottom. Decorations, horizontal bands of black and lines of purplish red.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis, Cemetery. 1886-7: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF. (Accession date: 1888).