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Storage jar (amphora) with warriors dueling

about 540–530 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 29.3 cm (11 9/16 in.); diameter: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.923
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Morrison sale 283. From the Castellani collection.); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)
Two-handled jar (amphora)
Light-Make Class
about 500 B.C.
Pitcher (oinochoe) with butcher's shop scene
the Class of Vatican G 47
about 500–490 B.C.
Mug in the shape of a man's head
Class of Boston 00.332
about 510 B.C.
Jar (pelike) with Sphinx terrorizing Theban youths
the Class of Cabinet des Medailles 390
about 475 B.C.
Oinochoe
The Cook Class
500-475 B.C.
The Cook Class
500-475 B.C.
Oinochoe
The Cook Class
Quadruple vase ("Head-Cruet")
The Head-Cruet Class
End of 4th century B.C.