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Two-handled jar (amphora) with Theseus slaying the Minotaur

Two-handled jar (amphora) with Theseus slaying the Minotaur

about 540 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 39.2 cm (15 7/16 in.); diameter: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.) diameter (lid) 7.2 cm.
Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund
Accession number60.1
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa.; January 14, 1960: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for
$ 4,000.00
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