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Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Red-figure Polion · Krater · ca. 420 BCE

Bell-krater. Greek, Attic. Classical. Classification: Vases. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1925. Gallery 159.

Inscription

Inscription: OIDOI PANATHENAIA

Provenance

3 recorded events

First recorded c. 1880s

Italy

First known in Italian private hands.

Sale c. 1910

Paris, France

Through the Parisian antiquities market.

Purchase 1925

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY, USA

Acquired by the Met. Fletcher Fund, 1925.

Met accession records

Shape

Technique

Period

Classical

Date

ca. 420 BCE

Culture

Greek, Attic

Painter

Attribution

Attributed

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession Number

25.78.66

Image Source

met_cc0

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