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Kalpis (water vessel)

Place of OriginGreece
Dateabout 480 BCE
DimensionsH: 13 13/16 in. (35 cm); Diam (mouth): 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); Diam (with handles): 13 5/32 in. (33.4 cm); Diam (body): 11 1/32 in. (28 cm); Diam (foot): 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
MediumBronze
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1975.63
Not on View
Published References"Treasures for Toledo," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 19, nos. 2, 3, 1976, p. 49.

Exhibition HistoryTreasures for Toledo: Seven Years of Collecting, The Toledo Museum of Art, 1976.Comparative ReferencesSee also Diehl, Erika, Die Hydria, Formgeschichte und Verwendung im Kult des Altertums, Mainz, Philipp von Zabern, 1964.
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