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Bowl on tall base

Mid 6th century B.C.

Medium/Technique Ceramic
Dimensions 25.3 cm (9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number97.362
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 532.
DescriptionBoiotian; Geometric; Clay red with cream slip; decoration in brown and red. Eagles in panels, flying so that they are seen from underneath. Geometric decorations and guilloche appear.
Two handles.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens.); 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)