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Two-handled storage jar (pelike) depicting young athletes jumping

Two-handled storage jar (pelike) depicting young athletes jumping

(Greek)
about 520–515 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 31.1 cm (12 1/4 in.); diameter (max.): 24.4 cm (9 5/8 in.)
Credit LineJuliana Cheney Edwards Collection
Accession number1973.88
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptions"Aineas", "Kallipides", Leagros is handsome" (LEAGROS KALOS), "Smikythion", "Leagros is hansome, yes indeed!" (LEAGROS KALOS NAI XI)
ProvenanceBy 1972: with Fritz Bürki, Am Luchsgraben 61, 8051 Zurich, Switzerland (said to have been in a Swedish private collection); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht (acting as agent for Fritz Bürki), February 14, 1973
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