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Bowl with decorations
Bowl with decorations

Bowl with decorations

550–331 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueSilver with gold overlays
DimensionsOverall: 4.5 × 19 cm (1 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund and Edwin E. Jack Fund
Accession number60.535
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceSaid to come from Sinope on the south coast of the Black Sea. Before 1960, on the art market, Istanbul [see note]. 1960, sold by Hesperia Art, Philadelphia, to the MFA for $7500. (Accession Date: May 11, 1960)

NOTE: In the curatorial recommendation for the bowl's purchase, it was noted that "a European dealer had been trying hard to acquire it in Istanbul." The bowl was first shipped to the MFA in early February, 1960.