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Two handled bowl with bird
Greek, East Greek
Orientalizing Period
about 675–640 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: East Greece, Teos
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by subscription
Accession Number72.101
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 284.
DescriptionLight clay; on each side lozenges; between these a water-bird. Decorations in red.
North Ionian bird bowls are decorated in a Subgeometric style. They were very likley made at Teos. They were highly standardized (the first standardized, recognizable East Aegean export) and widely distributed in east Greece as well as Magna Graecia throughout the 7th century B.C.; this one was found on Cyprus.
North Ionian bird bowls are decorated in a Subgeometric style. They were very likley made at Teos. They were highly standardized (the first standardized, recognizable East Aegean export) and widely distributed in east Greece as well as Magna Graecia throughout the 7th century B.C.; this one was found on Cyprus.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with General Luigi Palma di Cesnola (from Cyprus); May 16, 1872: purchased by MFA from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola for
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and 72.4871-72.4900)
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and 72.4871-72.4900)