Two-handled jar (pelike) depicting Phineus with the sons of Boreas
about 450 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.); diameter: 16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.)
Credit LineArthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession number1979.40
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
Provenance1979, sold by Palladion Antike Kunst, Basel, to the MFA [see note]; September 21, 2006, deaccessioned by the MFA for transfer to the Republic of Italy.
NOTE: MFA accession date: February 14, 1976. According to a letter from Ursula Becchina of Palladion, the vase had been "in the Swiss private collection of Mr. Karl Haug, Basel, since 1936, and was then bought through our gallery in 1971".
For further information, please see: http://www.mfa.org/collections/provenance/antiquities-and-cultural-property/italian-ministry-of-culture-agreement
NOTE: MFA accession date: February 14, 1976. According to a letter from Ursula Becchina of Palladion, the vase had been "in the Swiss private collection of Mr. Karl Haug, Basel, since 1936, and was then bought through our gallery in 1971".
For further information, please see: http://www.mfa.org/collections/provenance/antiquities-and-cultural-property/italian-ministry-of-culture-agreement
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
430–425 B.C.
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.
