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Greek
Archaic Period
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession NumberRES.08.31i
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionSolid cylinder tapering slightly upwards; at top narrow projecting rim, painted purple. Below rim, band of inverted rays.
Two groups showing man and youth; a fifth figure carrying dead fox (?) on stick over shoulder.
ProvenanceBy 1899: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: bought in Athens, 1899); 1908: gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA; accessioned 1910