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Pitcher (olpe) with Herakles in the bowl of Helios

about 520–510 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.); diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession number03.783
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903
Miniature Panathenaic amphora
the Bulas Group
about 400–375 B.C.
Miniature Panathenaic amphora
the Bulas Group
about 400–375 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with Gigantomachy
the Three-Line Group
about 530-520 B.C.
Drinking cup (kylix)
The Group of Walters 48.42
about 510–500 B.C.
Drinking cup (skyphos) with a maenad pursued by satyr
the Lancut Group
late 6th/early 5th century B.C
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.
Box (pyxis) and lid with Herakles stealing the Delphic tripod
The Group of the Oxford Lid
about 550 B.C.
Feeder in the shape of a mouse
Randazzo Group
about 450–410 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora)
The Lotus Bud Group
about 480 B.C.