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...point of the art world and the public, performing feats of public relations with practiced deftness. He never hesitated to acquire art, often by questionable means, and enjoyed paying handsomely for his sport. His most notable exploit was the acquisition, in 1972, of the Calyx Crater, a large Greek urn of dubious origin and value, for which the museum generously paid $1 million, plus $300,000 in coins...
Sebok and crew member Dierdre Wilde copped six first-place finishes and seven second-place finishes out of the 18 races to lead the squad, which last won the Urn...
...Harvard women's varsity sailing team capped a successful 1981 fall slate in fine form this weekend, dunking nine other teams en route to copping the Victorian Coffee Urn at the New England Fall Championship regatta on the Harbor Basin...
...living quarters feature the English country charm of the main drawing room, with its off-white walls, needlepoint rugs, and chairs covered in floral chintz. Scattered about are such remnants of the British Empire as a golden urn commemorating Nelson's victory at Trafalgar and a set of shark's teeth from the Solomon Islands. Folding doors separate the main drawing room from a comfortable anteroom, creating an open space about the length of a bowling alley...
This is no "ooh" and "aah" exhibition. There are a few startling things: the wreath and the larnax; the bronze greaves that could have been Philip's, and show one leg to have been considerably shorter than the other; the 3-ft.-high bronze krater, or urn, found in a grave at Derveni, encircled by Dionysian figures going through the motions of a languid orgy. And there will be several miniature oohs at the smaller bronzes and the medallions and the three ears of wheat fashioned in gold, life-size and perfect (used as a funerary offering...