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View: Handle to right
One-handled mug
Italic, Etruscan
Archaic Period
about 520 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Miss Grace Nelson
Accession Number61.111
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionLeft to right: prancing sphinx, pawing lion, prancing sphinx. Red, white, brown (lines) and black on buff. Vines, filling ornaments and a pattern of ivy leaves below.
Pontic
Pontic
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Christoph Clairmont Collection; January 11, 1961: purchased by MFA from Dr. Christoph Clairmont for $ 950.00 (the total price for 61.110-61.113) with funds from the bequest of Miss Grace Nelson (recorded as Bequest of Miss Grace Nelson)