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Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting a woman in a swing and four men
Greek
Archaic Period
about 540–520 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Height: 40.1 cm (15 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.918
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 1, pl. 04.
DescriptionName-vase of the Swing Painter (belly amphora)
Front: woman in a swing and four men
Back: Female winged figure running to right; two bearded figures at left, one at right.
the woman on the swing participates in an ancient Greek ritual that took place during the ANTHESTERIA festival a festival dedicated to the wine god Dionysos, first drinking of new wine.
Front: woman in a swing and four men
Back: Female winged figure running to right; two bearded figures at left, one at right.
the woman on the swing participates in an ancient Greek ritual that took place during the ANTHESTERIA festival a festival dedicated to the wine god Dionysos, first drinking of new wine.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (one of a group of objects that according to Warren's records were brought to Rome and had all been found together in a tomb at Ferentinum [the contents included MFA 98.687-691a, 98.774-775, 98.778-783, 98.800-801, and 98.918]); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)