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Knob of great lid?
Greek
Archaic Period
about 530 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession NumberRES.08.30d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionInitially catalogued as the top of a stand but possibly knob of great lid.
Top convex with sunken tondo. Rim black above and on underside; stem black with red ring at top; remainder reserved. In tondo, bearded man presenting cock to nude youth ; fox to l., hare to right. Nonsense inscriptions.
Top convex with sunken tondo. Rim black above and on underside; stem black with red ring at top; remainder reserved. In tondo, bearded man presenting cock to nude youth ; fox to l., hare to right. Nonsense inscriptions.
ProvenanceMay 30, 1892, Van Branteghem Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 25. By 1898: Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: bought in Italy); 1908: gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA; accessioned 1910.