Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting the murder of Atreus
about 340–330 B.C.
Place of ManufactureApulia, Italy
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 88.3 cm (34 3/4 in.); diameter of body: 38.8 cm (15 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Shelby White and Leon Levy and Museum purchase with funds donated by the Jerome Levy Foundation
Accession number1991.437
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceAtlantis Antiquities, New York [see note 1]. 1991, Fritz Bürki and Son, Zurich; 1991, sold by Bürki to Leon Levy and Shelby White, New York (one-half interest) and the MFA (one-half interest) [see note 2]; 2006, remaining half interest given by Shelby White to the MFA; September 21, 2006, deaccessioned by the MFA for transfer to the Republic of Italy.
NOTES:
[1] According to A. D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, Second Supplement to the Red-Figured Vases of Apulia (London, 1991), p. 148, no. 47b, pl. 36, 1. [2] MFA accession date: June 26, 1991.
For further information, please see: http://www.mfa.org/collections/provenance/antiquities-and-cultural-property/italian-ministry-of-culture-agreement
NOTES:
[1] According to A. D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, Second Supplement to the Red-Figured Vases of Apulia (London, 1991), p. 148, no. 47b, pl. 36, 1. [2] MFA accession date: June 26, 1991.
For further information, please see: http://www.mfa.org/collections/provenance/antiquities-and-cultural-property/italian-ministry-of-culture-agreement
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about 330 B.C.
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
430–425 B.C.
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.
