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Syriskos Painter, Greek, Attic, Red-Figure Column Krater, c. 470 B.C.
Gift of the MUSEUM COLLECTORS; Mr. and Mrs. James M. Vaughn, Jr./The Vaughn Foundation Fund; Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Nancy and Mark Abendshein; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Drs. Ellin and Robert G. Grossman; Caroline Wiess Law; and Frances and Peter Marzio
The ancient Egyptian works include a spectacular polychrome coffin of Pedi-Osiris and a rare blue faience sculpture of the god Thoth as a baboon. Highlights from the group of ancient Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman works include an Assyrian relief sculpture, a magnificent Hellenistic bronze head of a god or hero, a Hellenistic gold wreath, and a monumental bronze sculpture of a Roman ruler.
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