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Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting the Judgment of Paris and the recovery of Helen
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting the Judgment of Paris and the recovery of Helen

Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting the Judgment of Paris and the recovery of Helen

the Group of Würzburg 199
about 510–500 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsOverall: 44 x 14.6 cm (17 5/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
Other (H): 27.7cm (10 7/8in.)
Credit LineSeth Kettell Sweetser Fund
Accession number60.790
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1847: Rome art market (published in F. W. E. Gerhard, Auserlesene griechische Vasenbilder, III, Berlin, 1847, pl. 171); date unknown: Lord Elgin Collection, Broomhall, Fifeshire, Scotland; date unknown: London, Spink and Son (recorded by J. D. Beazley in ABV, Oxford, 1956, p. 691, no. 78bis as: London Market-Spink); by date unknown with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; June 8, 1960: purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G. for $ 1,200.00
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