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Fish plate

about 340–320 B.C.
Place of ManufactureApulia, Italy
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsOverall: 5 x 19.8 cm (1 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule
Accession number2001.178
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (presumably from Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia, Pa); loaned to MFA by Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Vermeule III, November 30, 1970 (loan number 282.1970); gift to MFA from Cornelius C. Vermeule III, March 21, 2001, in memory of Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule
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