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Two-handled jar (Nolan amphora) with a singer playing a lyre (kithara)

Two-handled jar (Nolan amphora) with a singer playing a lyre (kithara)

about 480 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure technique
DimensionsHeight: 29.9 cm (11 3/4 in.); diameter: 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.)
Credit LineJohn Michael Rodocanachi Fund
Accession number26.61
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
InscriptionsOn both sides: "the boy [is] pretty" (HO PAIS KALOS) On the front: ΗΟ[Π]ΑΙS ΚΑLΟS On the reverse: ΗΟΠΑΙS ΚΑ[L]ΟS
ProvenanceSaid to be from Gela. 1926, sold by J. Hirsch (probably Jacob Hirsch; dealer, b. 1874 - d. 1955) to the MFA for $900. (Accession Date: March 4, 1926)
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