Fragment of mixing bowl (coulmn krater)

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Fragment of mixing bowl (coulmn krater)

Greek

Archaic Period

530–500 B.C.

Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis

Medium/Technique Ceramic

Dimensions Legacy dimension: H. .036 L. .092

Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription

Accession Number86.583

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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné CVA Boston 2, pl. 108, 13-14; Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 354.1.

DescriptionRim of an Attic black-figured, pottery column krater. The interior is glazed black with band in added red. The top of the rim has a lotus bud frieze with dots in between, and the outside of the rim has a double ivy leaf frieze.

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).