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Drinking horn (rhyton) in the form of a crocodile devouring an African youth
Drinking horn (rhyton) in the form of a crocodile devouring an African youth

Drinking horn (rhyton) in the form of a crocodile devouring an African youth

the Sotades Painter
about 460 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsOverall: 23 x 23 cm (9 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.881
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1898, purchased near Santa Maria Capua Vetere by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London [see note 1]; 1898, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA for $69,618 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: September 20, 1898)

NOTES: [1] According to Warren's records, this was bought three kilometers from Santa Maria Capua Vetere and found "in the neighborhood". [2] This is the total price paid for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.
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