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Two-handled vessel (nestoris)

about 420–410 B.C.
Place of ManufactureLucania, Italy
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight with handles: 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in.); diameter of body: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.)
Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund
Accession number1971.49
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
Provenance1971, sold by Leo Mildenberg, Bank Leu AG, Zurich, to the MFA [see note]; September 21, 2006, deaccessioned by the MFA for transfer to the Republic of Italy.

NOTE: MFA accession date: February 10, 1971. The invoice provided by Leu, dated January 21, 1979, states that the vase was acquired from the R. Peirere collection, Madrid, in 1962.

For further information, please see: http://www.mfa.org/collections/provenance/antiquities-and-cultural-property/italian-ministry-of-culture-agreement
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