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High-handled cup (kantharos) depicting Zeus in pursuit

High-handled cup (kantharos) depicting Zeus in pursuit

about 490–480 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 24.7 cm (9 3/4 in.); diameter: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.36
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: May 1893. Said to have been found at Thebes in Boeotia); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)
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