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ID:

aa_5707

Beazley Number:

206954

Type:

Vase

Date:

ca. -470 — ca. -460

Period:

Early Classical

Context:

From Orvieto

Painter:

Name vase of the Niobid Painter

Dimensions:

H. 0.54 m; Diam. (mouth) 0.55 m

Ware:

Attic Red Figure

Shape:

Krater

Shape Description

Bell krater

Collection:

Paris, Muse du Louvre MNC 511

Said to have been found near Orvieto in 1880; acquired by the Louvre in 1883, as part of the Tyskiewicz Collection.

Citations and Bibliography

ARV2, 601.22, 1661; Para, 395; Beazley Addenda 2, 266

CVA, Louvre 2, III.Id, pls. 1.1-4. 2.1-4, 3.1-5. 4.1