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Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting a woman in a swing and four men
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting a woman in a swing and four men

Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting a woman in a swing and four men

The Swing Painter
about 540–520 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 40.1 cm (15 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.918
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (one of a group of objects that according to Warren's records were brought to Rome and had all been found together in a tomb at Ferentinum [the contents included MFA 98.687-691a, 98.774-775, 98.778-783, 98.800-801, and 98.918]); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)