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Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting a victor in an athletic contest
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 490 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 45.4cm (17 7/8 in.)
Diameter: 27cm (10 5/8 in.)
Diameter: 27cm (10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number10.178
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 016.
DescriptionThis vase shows a much-admired athlete loaded down with prizes and gifts. He carries a walking stick, an aryballos, and a hare. His body is adorned with red ribbons, signs of admiration. On the other side of the vase another youth stands holding a wreath, perhaps to be awarded to the athlete.
Side A: Nude athletic victor holding a walking stick, a perfume bottle (aryballos) and a hare, his left arm and thigh bound with purple taeniae.
Side B: Youth in cloak (himation) holding out a wreath to the figure on the other side.
Side A: Nude athletic victor holding a walking stick, a perfume bottle (aryballos) and a hare, his left arm and thigh bound with purple taeniae.
Side B: Youth in cloak (himation) holding out a wreath to the figure on the other side.
ProvenanceGiuseppe Basseggio (dealer), Rome [see note 1]. 1854, E. Joly de Bammeville, Paris; May 13, 1854, Bammeville sale, Sotheby and Wilkinson, London, lot 41. 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 342. 1910, sold by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860–d. 1928), London, to the MFA for $4,000 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: June 2, 1910)
NOTES:
[1] Eduard Gerhard, ed., Auserlesene Griechische Vasenbilder, vol. 4 (Berlin, 1858), pp. 48-49, pl. 275.
[2] Total price paid for MFA accession nos. 10.159-10.230.
NOTES:
[1] Eduard Gerhard, ed., Auserlesene Griechische Vasenbilder, vol. 4 (Berlin, 1858), pp. 48-49, pl. 275.
[2] Total price paid for MFA accession nos. 10.159-10.230.