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Fragment of mixing bowl (column krater)
Greek
Classical Period
420–400 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis; Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.607
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 359.5.
DescriptionDesign showing a woman's hand holding one corner of her veil and to the right a boy, wearing a string of amulets, looking towards her.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession date: 1886).