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Amphora
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 470–460 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Width x length: 3.6 x 5.8 cm (1 7/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.875
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 092.
DescriptionFragment probably of a Nolan amphora. Head and shoulders of a bearded man, to right. Greek inscription at left: "…on is handsome" (…ON KALOS).
Inscriptions…ΟΝ ΚΑLΟS
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (bought in London); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren.