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Fragment of a mixing bowl (krater) with Aphrodite holding a mirror
Manner of: the Meidias Painter
Greek
Classical Period
about 410 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Width: 4.5 (1 3/4in.); depth: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.857
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionBell krater or calyx krater fragment. Part of head of seated woman, behind whom is Aphrodite using a tympanon as a mirror. Inscribed: under tambourine [APHRO]DITE
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903