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Pelike
Greek
Classical Period
about 440 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Gold Appleton
Accession Number76.45
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 059.
DescriptionSide A: Youth in himation, followed by a person with dwarfism and African features and a dog.
Side B: Youth standing in profile to right.
Side B: Youth standing in profile to right.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Thomas G. Appleton Collection (purchased from Alessandro Castellani and said to be from Capua); gift of Thomas G. Appleton to MFA, 1876