Two-handled jar (amphora) with Herakles driving a bull to sacrifice
about 525–520 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure and Red Figure (Bilingual)
DimensionsHeight: 53.2 cm (20 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number99.538
On View
On viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1842: with Basseggio, Rome; by 1854: Joly de Bammeville Collection (Christies auction, May 13, 1854, lot 40); date unknown in the mid 19th century: W. H. Forman Collection; inherited first by his sister-in-law Mrs. Burt and later by his nephew Major A. H. Browne of Callaly Castle, Northumberland, somewhere around the year 1889; by 1899: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C. (auction of the Forman Collection, June 19-22, lot 305); 1899: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 1899, for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)
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.
