krater

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The most important work to date that Italy has successfully brought back is the Euphronios Krater, one of the finest ancient Greek vases in existence.

From Seattle Times

Bragg’s office said they included an Apulian krater, or vase, dating from 335 B.C. that was seized in July from a private collection in New York.

From Seattle Times

In 2008, for example, it returned to Italy the famous Euphronios krater, purchased in 1972 for $1 million.

From New York Times

Von Bothmer, who died in 2009, had long denied being lax in his acquisition standards or cavalier in accepting the krater.

From New York Times

He had run into a bit of rough seas in 1972 when he persuaded the Met to purchase another ancient Greek vase, the Euphronios krater, for $1 million, an astounding sum at the time, from Robert Hecht, a major dealer who the authorities accused several times of antiquities trafficking but who was never convicted.

From New York Times