Amphora/Psykter with Theseus slaying the Minotaur
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 viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
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
The Swing Painter
about 540–520 B.C.
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.
the Antimenes Painter
about 520–510 B.C.
Edinburgh Painter
about 510–500 B.C.
the Rycroft Painter
about 520 B.C.
