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Calyx Krater

Place of OriginCampania, Italy (Magna Graecia)
Dateabout 330-320 BCE
Dimensions13 5/8 × 11 3/4 × 4 11/16 in. (34.6 × 29.8 × 11.9 cm)
Mediumgilded earthenware
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1917.133
Not on View
Collections
  • Decorative Arts
Published ReferencesBoulter, Cedric G., and Kurt T. Luckner, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Toledo Museum of Art, fasc. 2, U.S.A., fasc. 20, Mainz, 1984, pl. 115.Comparative ReferencesSee also Mouret, P. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Collection Mouret, fasc. unique, France fasc. 6. Paris, 1927, pl. 19, nos. 1, 4, 5, pp. 4-6, 22, 23.

cf. Breitenstein, N. and F.K. Johansen, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Musée National fasc. 7, Denmark fasc. 7, Copenhagen, 1955, pl. 273, no. 1, text sect. IV E.

cf. Rohde, E., Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Gotha faxc. 2, Germany fasc. 29, Berlin, 1968, pl. 94, no. 3, p. 50, no. 3.

cf. Luken, G. von, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Stattliches Museum, Schwerin, Band 1, Deutsche Democratische Republik Band 1, Berlin, 1972, t. 58, no. 1, p. 35.

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