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Wine jar (oinochoe) with Apollo and Artemis
Greek
Classical Period
about 465 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure technique
Dimensions
Height: 34.8 cm (13 11/16 in.); diameter: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number97.370
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 105.
DescriptionApollo and Artemis making a libation at an altar. Apollo wears long sleeved chiton and himation, laurel wreath, and quiver; holds kithara and phiale. Artemis wears chiton and leopard skin and quiver; holds bow and oinochoë.
Some pieces restored in plaster.
Some pieces restored in plaster.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens. Said to come from Sunium.); 1897: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 25,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 97.285-97.442 and 97.1104)