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Two-handled jar (Nolan amphora) with Zeus pursuing Ganymede

Two-handled jar (Nolan amphora) with Zeus pursuing Ganymede

about 470 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 25.4 cm (10 in.)
Credit LineJulia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number10.184
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBetween 1879-1886, excavated in a necropolis at Suessula by Baron Marcello Spinelli and kept in his estate near Cancello, Italy [see note 1]; by 1910, E. P. Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London; 1910, sold by E. P. Warren to the MFA for $4,000 [note 2]. (Accession date: June 2, 1910)

Notes:

[1] According to E. P. Warren’s records and F. von Duhn, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung 2 (1887), pp. 236-241.

[2] This figure is the total price for MFA 10.159-10.230.

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