Two-handled jar (neck-amphora) with seated king and attendants
about 540-530 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 40.1 cm (15 13/16 in.); diameter: 27.6 cm (10 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number99.516
On View
On viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
Provenance1854, E. Joly de Bammeville, Paris; May 13, 1854, Bammeville sale, Sotheby and Wilkinson, London, lot 45. By 1869, William Henry Forman (b. 1794 - d. 1869), Pippbrook House, Surrey, England; by descent, through Mrs. Burt, to Forman's nephew, A. H. Browne, Callaly Castle, Northumberland; June 19-22, 1899, Forman collection sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge, London, lot 303 sold to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860–d. 1928), London; 1899, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA for $ 32,500.00 [see note]. (Accession date: December 24, 1899)
Note: this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542.
Note: this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542.
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.
about 530–520 B.C.
the Antimenes Painter
about 520–510 B.C.
Edinburgh Painter
about 510–500 B.C.