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Mixing bowl (bell krater) depicting a sacrifice

about 425 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 42.3 cm (16 5/8 in.); diameter: 47 cm
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.25
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ClassificationsVessels
InscriptionsSide A: LàR ΚΑΛΛΙΑΣ ΜΑΝΤΙΘΕΟΣ …Σ ΙΠΠ[Ο]ΚΛ[ΗΣ] ΑΡΕΣΙΑΣ
ProvenanceBy 1889: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: said to have been found at S. Maria di Capua. Bought in Rome. 1889.); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)