Fragment of a Vase

Description Provenance Credit

Description This fragment of a vase has incised lines filled with white around figures. Depicted are two boxers and a fragment of a third to the right towards a column.

Provenance Leon Gruel, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929

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Creator

Minoan (Artist)

Period

16th century BCE or early 20th century (Late Minoan or modern)

Medium

black steatite, carved
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

23.195

Measurements

H: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm)

Geographies

Greece, Crete (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View