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Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Nike at an altar

Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Nike at an altar

about 460 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
Dimensions33.2 cm (13 1/16 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.20
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptions"Nikon is handsome" (Nikon kalos) Side A: ΝΙΚΟΝ ΚΑΛΟΣ
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: probably from Sicily but perhaps from Southern Italy); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)
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