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Kylix with Double Registers of Animals
(Ancient Greece )
The exterior of this Siana cup (so-called because many cups of this shape have been found at Siana, Rhodes) displays deer between lotus ornaments and palmettes, with dolphins. A bird is depicted on the interior.
Provenance
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Castel Campanile 1837 [from label on vase at time of acquisition]; Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/27/1987 | Treatment | x-ray |
Geographies
Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 7/16 x W: 10 5/8 x Diam: 8 7/16 in. (11.3 x 27 x 21.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.36