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Red-Figure Askos (oil vessel) Depicting Dog Chasing a Ram
Red-Figure Askos (oil vessel) Depicting Dog Chasing a Ram

Red-Figure Askos (oil vessel) Depicting Dog Chasing a Ram

Artist/Maker
Date470–440 BCE
MediumEarthenware
DimensionsOverall: 3 5/8 × 5 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (9.2 × 13.7 × 18.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of David Gordon Mitten (OC 1957) in memory of his parents, Joe Atlee Mitten and Helen Boyd Mitten
Object number2007.8.1
Status
Not on view
Provenance(C. Dikran Kelekian, New York;¹ purchased ca. 1970 by David Gordon Mitten [1935-2022], Cambridge, MA; by gift 2007 to the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH ¹April 5, 2007 letter of David Gordon Mitten to Stephanie Wiles notes that Kelekian told Mitten he owned the askos for at least a decade prior to Mitten's purchase of it ca. 1970.
Collections
  • Ancient
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