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Two-handled jar (amphora) with Gigantomachy

about 530-520 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 34.4 cm (13 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8059
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptions"Hipon Kalos"
ProvenanceBefore 1883, Alessandro Castellani (b. 1823 - d. 1883), Rome; March 17-April 10, 1884, posthumous Castellani sale, Castellani Palace, Rome, lot 58. By 1897, Alfred Morrison (b. 1821 - d. 1897), Fonthill, Tisbury, Wiltshire; June 29-30, 1898, posthumous Alfred Morrison sale, Christie, Manson & Woods sale, London, lot 282. By 1901, Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London; 1901, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA. (Accession date: December 1, 1901)
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