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Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Herakles and Apollo (side A) and Herakles and the Nemean Lion (side B)
Greek
Archaic Period
510–500 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Height: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number1970.69
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 1, pl. 42.
DescriptionSide A: Herakles and Apollo struggle for the tripod, a fawn between them. Herakles strides to right and looks back, pulling the tripod by one of its legs with his right hand and raising his club in his left. Behind him, Apollo reaches forward grasping a leg of the tripod with each hand. At left Artemis reaches to grasp the upper leg of the tripod. At right Athena holds a spear in her left hand and reaches for the tripod with her right.
Side B: Herakles in combat with the Nemean lion flanked by Athena at the right and Iolaos at the left. Iolaos holds a club in his right hand. Athena has a spear and round shield.
Palmette-lotus chain on neck, lotus bud chain above rays. Palmettes under handles, tongues on shoulders. Body badly misfired. Incising done when vase was too dry, flaking off dry glaze along the edge.
Side B: Herakles in combat with the Nemean lion flanked by Athena at the right and Iolaos at the left. Iolaos holds a club in his right hand. Athena has a spear and round shield.
Palmette-lotus chain on neck, lotus bud chain above rays. Palmettes under handles, tongues on shoulders. Body badly misfired. Incising done when vase was too dry, flaking off dry glaze along the edge.
ProvenanceNovember 29, 1965, anonymous (unknown English dealer) sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 134, sold for £190 to R. Hollest. 1967, D. J. Crowther, Ltd., London [see note 1]; 1967, sold by Crowther to Charles S. Lipson, Mayflower Coin Auctions, Boston; between 1967 and 1969, sold by Lipson to George Warton, San Francisco [see note 2]; 1970, sold by George Warton to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 11, 1970)
NOTES:
[1] D. J. Crowther, Ltd., Coins of the World, no. 1 (1967), cat. no. 8. [2] First lent to the MFA May 2, 1969.
NOTES:
[1] D. J. Crowther, Ltd., Coins of the World, no. 1 (1967), cat. no. 8. [2] First lent to the MFA May 2, 1969.