Show athenian vase prized possession of museum an Athen athenian liln red figured li rater a largo large ornamented vase used for mixing In gwine wine and water of special importance owing to the fact that it Is signed by the maler maker Is among tho recent accessions to the collections of the metropolitan museum of art new york tho the wine jar bears in greek the inscription polion painted it and Is the only known one signed by this artist tho the piece stands two feet in height and Is of about B 0 the vase unfortunately had been broken and has had to be put together again with restorations of missing parts but this has been accomplished without serious disfigurement to the decoration which Is in unusually fine style four possibly five other vases have been attributed to one la in naples one in bonn one with satyrs painted on it and another with athletes at the metropolitan museum |