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Amphora/Psykter with Theseus slaying the Minotaur
Amphora/Psykter with Theseus slaying the Minotaur

Amphora/Psykter with Theseus slaying the Minotaur

The Swing Painter
about 540 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 35.8 cm (14 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number00.331
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: S. Rogers Collection; by 1856: with Christie, Manson & Woods (sale of the Rogers Collection, April 28, 1856, lot 375); by date unknown: W. H. Forman Collection; inherited by his sister-in-law Mrs. Burt and then by his nephew Major A. H. Browne about 1889; by 1899: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London (sale of the Forman Collection, June 19-22, lot 289); 1899: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, February, 1900