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Two-handled jar (amphora) with Zeus pursuing a woman (Thetis?)
Greek
Classical Period
about 470–460 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Diameter: 17.3 cm (6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.789
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 091.
DescriptionNeck and handles with half the front of the body. Poseidon or Zeus with sceptre pursues a Nereid, who flees to right.
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903