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Antike Kunst, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1975, no. 58.
Antike Kunst, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1975, no. 58.
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CIRCA 740-700 B.C.
Details
A BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC POTTERY KRATER
CIRCA 740-700 B.C.
The bifurcated handles in the from of stylized horned animal heads, with orange-brown painted decoration, the shoulder with three metopes on each side containing a central hatched meander flanked by two birds with stars in the field, encircling bands around lower body and a frieze of connecting concentric rings around the vertical rim
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 740-700 B.C.
The bifurcated handles in the from of stylized horned animal heads, with orange-brown painted decoration, the shoulder with three metopes on each side containing a central hatched meander flanked by two birds with stars in the field, encircling bands around lower body and a frieze of connecting concentric rings around the vertical rim
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in 1970.
Special notice
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