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

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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the Bulas Group
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Miniature Panathenaic amphora
the Bulas Group
about 400–375 B.C.
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the Three-Line Group
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Drinking cup (kylix)
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about 510–500 B.C.
Drinking cup (skyphos) with a maenad pursued by satyr
the Lancut Group
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Drinking cup (skyphos)
the Lindos Group
late 6th century B.C.
Oil flask (alabastron) with a warrior
the Group of the Negro Alabastra
about 490–480 B.C.
Pitcher (olpe) with Herakles in the bowl of Helios
The Leagros Group
about 520–510 B.C.
Box (pyxis) and lid with Herakles stealing the Delphic tripod
The Group of the Oxford Lid
about 550 B.C.
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Randazzo Group
about 450–410 B.C.
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The Lotus Bud Group
about 480 B.C.