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Miniature oinochoe or chous with a girl, two boys and dogs
Greek
Classical Period
about 400 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.51
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionA little girl (painted white) drawn in a two-wheeled cart by a pair of dogs. Behind runs a boy, holding the girl with both hands; ahead of the dogs is a second boy. In the background a column with a tripod on it.
ProvenanceBy 1892: A. van Branteghem Collection (Hotel Drouot auction of the Van Branteghem collection, Paris, May 30-31 and June 1, lot 131: said to have been found in Attica); by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)