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Jar (stamnos) with Herakles striking Linos
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 480 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Herbert A. Cahn
Accession Number66.206
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSide A: Linos sinks into chair, holding lyre with left hand and with right tries to fend off Herakles who is about to strike him again with footstool. A music case hangs in background. Dilute glaze for musculature and added red for lyre details, case and Linos' wounded head.
Side B. Komos scene. One youth plays the double flute while the other leans on a gnarled stick and carries a full wineskin.
Broken and repaired.
Side B. Komos scene. One youth plays the double flute while the other leans on a gnarled stick and carries a full wineskin.
Broken and repaired.
ProvenanceBy 1956: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (auction 16, June 30, 1956, lot 124); by 1964: with Herbert A. Cahn (loaned to MFA, March 17, 1965 as 243.65); gift of Herbert A. Cahn to MFA, March 9,1966