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Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Nike at an altar
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 460 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
33.2 cm (13 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.20
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSide A: Nike, flying above an altar and holding sacrificial vessels (a pitcher and a phiale). In the field is the Greek inscription: "Nikon is handsome" (Nikon kalos). 'Nikon' to the left of her legs, and 'kalos' to the right (above the altar).
Side B: Woman walking profile to left, carrying a lighted torch in her right hand.
Side B: Woman walking profile to left, carrying a lighted torch in her right hand.
Inscriptions"Nikon is handsome" (Nikon kalos)
Side A: ΝΙΚΟΝ ΚΑΛΟΣ
Side A: ΝΙΚΟΝ ΚΑΛΟΣ
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: probably from Sicily but perhaps from Southern Italy); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)