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Wine cooler (psykter) with the death of Pentheus

Wine cooler (psykter) with the death of Pentheus

about 520–510 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsLength (greatest): 26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.)
Credit LineJulia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number10.221a-f
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptionsa)ΠΕΝΘΕΥΣ b)ΛΑLΕΝΕ retrograde
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Bourguignon Collection at Naples; by 1910: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bourguignon from Orvieto); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, June 2, 1910, for $4,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 10.159-10.230)
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