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Pitcher (oinochoe) with chariot and Nike
Pitcher (oinochoe) with chariot and Nike

Pitcher (oinochoe) with chariot and Nike

the Meidias Painter
about 400 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
Dimensions4.5 x 17.5 cm (1 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.935
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: the Dexileos fragments [98.934-98.936] were bought from Rhousopoulos who said that at the time of the find he was not able to persuade the museum to take all the shards. Half went to the museum, where they were mixed up with other pieces; half to himself) (see also MFA 01.8254 and 01.8255 which according to a letter from John Marshall were purchased from Rhousopoulos with other fragments that had been stored in a cabinet with a note saying they were from the tomb of Dexileos in the Dipylon, Athens); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)
Oil flask (lekythos) with women and children
the Meidias Painter
about 425 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with women and children
the Meidias Painter
about 425 B.C.
Oinochoe
the Meidias Painter
about 400 B.C.
Oinochoe
the Meidias Painter
about late 5th century B.C.
Oinochoe fragment
the Meidias Painter
about 410 B.C.
Oinochoe fragments with a horse race
the Meidias Painter
about 410 B.C.
Group shot: 95.58, 00.628, 10.203
the Meidias Painter
late 5th century B.C.