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Conservation Status: After Treatment

Water jar (hydria) depicting a warrior and a woman making a libation

about 500–490 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure technique
DimensionsOverall: 59 x 41 x 34.5 cm (23 1/4 x 16 1/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
Height (To the top of the rim): 53 cm (20 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.878
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptions"Lykos is handsome" ([L]UK[O]S [K]A[L]OS) ΛΥΚ[Ο]Σ ΚΑ[Λ]Ο[Σ]
ProvenanceBy 1898: sold by Paul Hartwig (b. 1850 - d. 1919), Rome, to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London (according to Warren's records, this was bought in Rome; according to Caskey-Beazley, it was acquired by Warren from Hartwig); September 20, 1898: sold by Warren to the MFA for $69,618.13 [total price for MFA 98.641-98.940].
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