Fragment of mixing bowl (krater) handle plate

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Fragment of mixing bowl (krater) handle plate

Greek

Archaic Period

580–550 B.C.

Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis

Medium/Technique Ceramic

Dimensions Legacy dimension: .137 x .057

Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription

Accession Number86.520

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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 347.4.

DescriptionHandle-plate sherd of an Attic black-figured pottery column-krater. Decorated on top with a black-figure cock, with traces of added red on its comb, and part of incised splinter rosette in top right corner as filling ornament. On the left, there is part of a palmette and lotus chain on top of rim.

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).