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Water jar (hydria) depicting the struggle between Herakles and Triton

About 530–520 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 49.7 cm (19 9/16 in.); diameter: 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8058
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
InscriptionsBehind the Nereid, vertically, ΕLΠΑΡ[Ε]ΤΟ[S] ΚΑLΟS; above Triton’s tail, ΜΝΕSΙLΑ; below, ΚΑLΕ; to the left of Triton’s head, ΑΜΘΟΕ (for Amphithoe); to the right of Herakles, ΚΑLΟS; below, vertically, ΧΟΙΡ[Ο]S ΚΑLΟS.
ProvenanceSaid to be from Vulci; by 1836: E. Durand Collection (Vente du cabinet de feu M. le Chevalier E. Durand, Paris, April 25, 1836, lot 303); by 1840: Vicomte Beugnot Collection; 1849: with Christie's, London (auction, June 14-16, 1849, lot 68); by date unknown: W. H. Forman Collection; inherited from him by Mrs. Burt and then, about 1889, by A. H. Browne; by 1899: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London W.C., England (auction of the Forman Collection, June 19-22, lot 283); 1901: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 1801