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Jar (stamnos) with female athletes bathing

440–430 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsOverall: 41 x 31.5 cm (16 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.21
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptions"Hediste is beautiful" Side A: HΕDΙSΤΕ ΚΑLΕ
ProvenanceBy 1893: S. Pascale collection; by 1895: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: found at Vico); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)
Krater
Polygnotos
about 450 B.C.
View 2
The A-B-C Group (The Winterthur Group)
330–320 B.C.
Drinking cup (kylix) depicting pentathletes
the Proto-Panaitian Group
about 510–500 B.C.
Drinking cup (kylix) depicting a symposium
the Proto-Panaitian Group
about 510–500 B.C.
The Monash Group
about 360–350 B.C.
Drinking cup (skyphos)  with an amorous couple
Alabastra Group
about 330–320 B.C.
Mixing bowl (column-krater)
Sisyphus Group; associated with the Ariadne Painter
about 400–390 B.C.
Drinking cup (kantharos)
The Kantharos Group
about 320–310 B.C.
Drinking cup (kantharos)
The Kantharos Group
about 320–310 B.C.