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Pitcher (oinochoe) with butcher's shop scene
Pitcher (oinochoe) with butcher's shop scene

Pitcher (oinochoe) with butcher's shop scene

the Class of Vatican G 47
about 500–490 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 25.9 cm (10 3/16 in.); diameter: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number99.527
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
InscriptionsMeaningless inscriptions to right of the scene and behind the boy's head.ProvenanceEdward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Rome and London; 1899, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA for $32,500 [see note]. (Accession Date: December 24, 1899)

NOTE: Total price paid for MFA accession nos. 99.338 - 99.542. According to information provided by Warren, this oinochoe was sent from Italy.
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