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

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
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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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