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Two-handled vessel (nestoris) depicting athletes in conversation with girls

late fifth century B.C.
Place of ManufactureLucania, Italy
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 49.6 cm (19 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Widgie and Peter Aldrich
Accession number1998.588
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceDecember 13-14, 1982, anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 298. December 10, 1996, anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 191 [see note 1], to Peter and Widgie Aldrich; 1998, partial year-end gift of the Aldriches to the MFA [see note 2]; 2006, remaining interest given by the Aldriches to the MFA; September 21, 2006, deaccessioned by the MFA for transfer to the Republic of Italy.

NOTES: [1] Noted in the catalogue to have been on loan to the Borchardt Library, La Trobe University, Melbourne, between 1988 and 1994. [2] MFA accession date: January 27, 1999.

For further information, please see: http://www.mfa.org/collections/provenance/antiquities-and-cultural-property/italian-ministry-of-culture-agreement
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