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Askos in the shape of a Boar

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Artist Unknown Greek

CultureGreek (Apulian)

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Askos in the shape of a Boar

Date350–301 BC

Fabricated inItaly

MediumTerracotta

Dimensions4 1/4 × 6 × 2 1/2 in. (10.8 × 15.2 × 6.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton in honor of Stephanie Hamilton and Cheryl Conner

Object number2010.1766

Not on view

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Department

Antiquities

Object Type

CERAMICS

ProvenanceEsterhazy family, Hungary; by descent to Count Szechenyi, Hungary and Rome; [Galerie Fortuna, Margit Szechenyi, Zurich]; purchased by Stephen Hamilton, Houston, 1984–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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