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High-handled cup (kantharos) with scenes from the Gigantomachy

about 470–460 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsOverall: 26.5 x 28 cm (10 7/16 x 11 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.932
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
InscriptionsSigned by the potter Hieron, son of Medon (IERON MEDONTOS EPOI[E]) Around upper surface of foot. ΙΕΡΟΝ ΜΕΔΟΝΤΟΣ ΕΠΟΙ[Ε]
ProvenanceSaid to be from Greece; March 1895, sold by Rollin and Feuardent, Paris, to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London [note 1]; 1898, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA for $ 69,618.13 [note 2]. (Accession date: September 20, 1898)

Notes:

[1] According to Warren's records.
[2] This figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940.
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