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Mixing bowl (bell krater) with sacrifice scene

late 5th century B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure technique
DimensionsHeight: 41 cm (16 1/8 in.); diameter: 41.7 cm (16 7/16 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.24
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: said to have been found at Santa Maria di Capua.1889. Bought in Rome); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)
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