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Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Achilles ambushing Troilos

Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Achilles ambushing Troilos

about 530 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 43.5 cm (17 1/8 in.); diameter: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam E. Nickerson Fund
Accession number1970.8
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1956: Dr. Samuel Schweizer Collection, Arlesheim (Beazley, ABV); by 1969: with Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel (Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., auction 40, December 13, 1969, lot 68); purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., January 14, 1970
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