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Amphoroid krater
Early Aegean, Helladic
Bronze Age, Late Helladic III C Period
about 1200 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 34 cm (13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Otis Norcross Fund
Accession Number59.710
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionLarge bowl with two vertical band handles and high slender foot; rim slightly out-turned. Side A: (B) mountain goat right, facing panel of dotted superimposed loops (mountain?) and voluted floral designs. Side B: (A) three goats, right. Rim glazed, three bands below shoulder frieze, three more on lower body; foot glazed. Pink buff clay, red slip, streaky, chestnut paint.
ProvenanceMentioned in CVA, Deutschland 25, Frankfurt 1, under p. 11, pl. 3, as coming from Salamis in Attica with kraters in Frankfurt and Hannover;
by date unknown: with Dr. Elie Borowski, Angensteinerstrasse 7, Basel, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Dr. Elie Borowski, November 12, 1959, for $ 4,750.00
by date unknown: with Dr. Elie Borowski, Angensteinerstrasse 7, Basel, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Dr. Elie Borowski, November 12, 1959, for $ 4,750.00