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Column-krater (mixing bowl) fragment with draped figure

Greek
Early Classical Period
about 470–460 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions Length (max.) of b: 16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number10.191b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionThree joining fragments showing part of a draped figure. See also 10.191a (six joining fragments fromt the same column-krater, showing two girls on a see-saw in front of a fruit tree).
ProvenanceLudwig Pollak (dealer; b. 1868 - d. 1943), Rome [see note 1]. 1901, purchased in Rome by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Rome and London; 1910, sold by Warren to the MFA for $4000 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: June 2, 1910)

NOTES: [1] According to L. D. Caskey and J. D. Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, vol. 3 (1963), this was formerly in the possession of Ludwig Pollak. [2] Total price for MFA accession nos. 10.159-10.230.