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Basic Information | | Accession Number: | 1885A1618 |
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| Collection: | Antiquities - Classical Greek & Roman |
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| Date: | 440 BC - 430 BC |
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Maker Information | | Maker: | Dwarf Painter - View biography for Dwarf Painter |
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Notes | The Greeks believed it was barbaric to drink undiluted wine, hydria or water jars contained water to dilute wine at meals. The painter has been identified as the Dwarf Painter, so called from a vase in Boston Museum of Fine Arts, USA, depicting a boy accompanied by a dwarf servant. | | Purchased from Rollin and Feuardent, Paris, through Sir Charles James Robinson. |
Further Information | | Production Period: | Greek Attic |
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| School/Style: | Red Figure |
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| Material(s): | Terracotta |
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Dimensions | | Height: | 265 mm |
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