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Two-handled jar (amphora) with the arming of Achilles
Greek
Archaic Period
about 520–515 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Height: 30.7cm (12 1/16in.)
Diameter: 21.7cm (8 9/16in.)
Weight: 3 lb. (1.36 kg)
Diameter: 21.7cm (8 9/16in.)
Weight: 3 lb. (1.36 kg)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8027
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 1, pl. 27; 28, 3.
DescriptionSide B: Thetis bringing armor to Achilles: Phoinix present. Figures labeled.
Side A: Herakles and Apollo struggling over tripod in presence of Hermes. Figures labeled. Signature of potter "Amasis epoiesen" ("Amasis made [it]")
Condition:
Much broken and restored.
Label attached: "Foot formerly on Amasis amphora 01.8027. Removed 1940"
See 1972.228, a fragment that joins this vase. It had been acquired by The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, in 1897.
Side A: Herakles and Apollo struggling over tripod in presence of Hermes. Figures labeled. Signature of potter "Amasis epoiesen" ("Amasis made [it]")
Condition:
Much broken and restored.
Label attached: "Foot formerly on Amasis amphora 01.8027. Removed 1940"
See 1972.228, a fragment that joins this vase. It had been acquired by The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, in 1897.
Inscriptions"Thetis", "Achilles", "Phoinix", "Amasis epoiesen", "Hermes", "Apollo", "Herakles"
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Alfred Bourguignon Collection (said to have come from Orvieto, according to CVA, Boston 1, p. 20); by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought privately from the collection of Alfred Bourguignon.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901