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Mixing bowl (column krater) depicting Medea and Pelias
Painter: the Aegisthus Painter
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 470 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Overall: 37.5 x x 33 x 38.5 cm (14 3/4 x 13 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund
Accession Number1970.567
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSide A: A daughter of aged Pelias leads him to the cauldron in which Medea boils a ram, restoring its youth. Medea stands at the right of the cauldron. Greek inscription on the cauldron "Kalos" (KALOS).
Side B: Two naked youths, the one on the left with cloak and wineskin. Greek inscription on the wineskin?
Side B: Two naked youths, the one on the left with cloak and wineskin. Greek inscription on the wineskin?
InscriptionsSide A: ΚΑLΟS on the cauldron
Side B: inscription?
Side B: inscription?
ProvenanceBy 1969, Robert E. Hecht, Jr., Boston; 1970, sold by Robert Hecht to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 16, 1970)
NOTE: According to Hecht, he he had purchased the vase in Munich from Prince Wohlmut von Eisenstein, whose family had owned it since 1740. This information has not been verified.
NOTE: According to Hecht, he he had purchased the vase in Munich from Prince Wohlmut von Eisenstein, whose family had owned it since 1740. This information has not been verified.