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Pseudo-Panathenaic vase (amphora) depicting a pankration match

about 530–520 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 60.2 cm (23 11/16 in.); diameter: 42.1 cm (16 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8127
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On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenancePublished by Gerhard in 1843: by date unknown: W. H. Forman Collection; about 1889, following W. H. Forman's death: in the collections of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Burt, and later of his nephew, Major A. H. Browne; by 1900: with Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London (sale of the Forman Collection, part 2, July 2-5, 1900, lot 103); by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901