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Two-handled jar (neck-amphora) with seated king and attendants
Greek
Archaic Period
about 540-530 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Height: 40.1 cm (15 13/16 in.); diameter: 27.6 cm (10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number99.516
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 1, pl. 20-21.
Description(A) Bearded man in chiton and animal skin with spear pursues a nude youth. Two bearded men on the left and one of the right observe the central scene. (B) Bearded man seated on an animal-legged throne; at right, a nude youth holding a wreath moving away and looking back (enthroned Zeus and Ganymede?).Two bearded men on the left and one of the right observe the central scene.
On neck, scenes of pursuit.
Below handles, horse and rider, and bird flying above.
Graffito in Greek ϞΟ.
On neck, scenes of pursuit.
Below handles, horse and rider, and bird flying above.
Graffito in Greek ϞΟ.
Provenance1854, E. Joly de Bammeville, Paris; May 13, 1854, Bammeville sale, Sotheby and Wilkinson, London, lot 45. By 1869, William Henry Forman (b. 1794 - d. 1869), Pippbrook House, Surrey, England; by descent, through Mrs. Burt, to Forman's nephew, A. H. Browne, Callaly Castle, Northumberland; June 19-22, 1899, Forman collection sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge, London, lot 303 sold to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860–d. 1928), London; 1899, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA for $ 32,500.00 [see note]. (Accession date: December 24, 1899)
Note: this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542.
Note: this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542.