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Fragment of an Attic(?) Red-figure Kylix or Skyphos: Youth Facing Left

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Frieze of eggs along exterior of rim. Head of youth facing left. Hand of gesturing figure (only hand remains) at left.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Bought in Orvieto in 1906. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University; deposited by Professor J. M. Paton
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Title: Fragment of an Attic(?) Red-figure Kylix or Skyphos: Youth Facing Left
Description:
Frieze of eggs along exterior of rim.
Head of youth facing left.
Hand of gesturing figure (only hand remains) at left.

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