Lekythos with Knucklebone Players and Attendants
This vase is an exquisite example of the "Kerch" ware, distinguished by graceful poses, delicate details, gilding, and abundant colors. The subject is games of love. A seated nymph triumphs at "knucklebones," a game in which both players toss bones from the ankle of a sheep in...
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Prince Boris Chakhoskoy (Shakhovskoy) (consul or vice-consul of Russia at Bourgas), 1884-85, [found in Apollonia, Bulgaria (modern Sozopol)]; A. van Branteghem, Brussels, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Nahle Montran Pacha, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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