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Two-handled jar (amphora) with Hermes and Dionysos

about 540–530 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
Dimensions45.6 cm (17 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8053
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 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 304); 1901: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901