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Thanks to a similar piece in Berlin, this one can be reconstructed as a figure of a boar standing on four legs. The mouth of the vase consisted of an opening in the rump of the animal and a lip projecting upward. The function of such a vase is difficult to define. It may have been a novelty for the entertainment of participants in a gathering.
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Title: Terracotta vase in the shape of a boar
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 570–560 BCE
Culture: Greek, Boeotian
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: maximum length 5 9/16in. (14.2cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of Nicolas Koutoulakis, 1957
Object Number: 57.105a, b
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