Mixing bowl (column krater) depicting Medea and Pelias
about 470 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsOverall: 37.5 x x 33 x 38.5 cm (14 3/4 x 13 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit LineMary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund
Accession number1970.567
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Not on viewClassificationsVessels
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ProvenanceBy 1969, Robert E. Hecht, Jr., Boston; 1970, sold by Robert Hecht to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 16, 1970)
NOTE: According to Hecht, he he had purchased the vase in Munich from Prince Wohlmut von Eisenstein, whose family had owned it since 1740. This information has not been verified.
NOTE: According to Hecht, he he had purchased the vase in Munich from Prince Wohlmut von Eisenstein, whose family had owned it since 1740. This information has not been verified.
second half of 4th century B.C.
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about 510 B.C.
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480–450 B.C.
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550-725
about 540-530 B.C.