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Water jar (kalpis) with a Satyr chorus dancing before an aulete

480–460 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure technique
DimensionsHeight: 32.5 cm (12 13/16 in.); diameter: 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession number03.788
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903
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