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Fragment from shoulder of a mixing bowl (column-krater)

Greek
Early Classical Period
about 460 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number10.188
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionBald headed, wreathed slave bearing a table. Borders, above and at right side.
Preserved: the head and shoulders, the table and the left hand.
(A): (Herakles and Busiris).
ProvenanceBy 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought in Rome, 1901); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, June 2, 1910, for $4,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 10.159-10.230)