Storage jar (neck amphora) with Orestes and Elektra at the tomb of Agamemnon
about 335–320 B.C.
Place of ManufacturePaestum, Italy
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
Dimensions51.3 cm (20 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number99.540
On View
On viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1898: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought by a friend at Nola where it was said to have been found. Bought April 24, 1898.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, 1899, for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)
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 Painter of Boston C. A.
about 575–550 B.C.
The Painter of Boston 08.291
about 560–540 B.C.
the Painter of the Boston Polyphemos
550–525 B.C.
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.