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DEACESSIONED September 21, 2006
Mixing bowl (bell-krater) with Thracian hunters
Greek
Classical Period
about 440–430 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 35.3 cm (13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Widgie and Peter Aldrich
Accession Number1999.735
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSide A: a standing Thracian hunter wearing cloak and long-tailed cap and holding two spears converses with a similarly outfitted Thracian seated on a rock at the left. At the right, a youth accompanied by a pair of hounds and wearing a cloak, a pilos-type helmet, and a sword, carries a bag over his shoulder.
Side B: three draped male figures
Side B: three draped male figures
ProvenanceDecember 14, 1995, anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 95 to Peter and Widgie Aldrich; 1999, partial year-end gift of the Aldriches to the MFA [see note]; 2006, remaining interest given by the Aldriches to the MFA; September 21, 2006, deaccessioned by the MFA for transfer to the Republic of Italy.
NOTE: MFA accession date: January 26, 2000.
For further information, please see: http://www.mfa.org/collections/provenance/antiquities-and-cultural-property/italian-ministry-of-culture-agreement
NOTE: MFA accession date: January 26, 2000.
For further information, please see: http://www.mfa.org/collections/provenance/antiquities-and-cultural-property/italian-ministry-of-culture-agreement