Lekythos with Knucklebone Players and Attendants

mid 4th century BCE (Late Classical)

16.7 cm 35.5 cm

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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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