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Two-handled jar (amphora) with Herakles and Amazon
Italic, Etruscan
Classical Period
5th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number13.65
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionBody black, with red panels.
Side A: A nude man, beardless, and armed with a club, seizes the helmet of a warrior who is falling to his knees. Herakles and Amazon.
Side B: Two nude men walking, to right. The first offers a jug to the second, who holds out his hand as if refusing it. Somewhat repaired and partially painted over.
Side A: A nude man, beardless, and armed with a club, seizes the helmet of a warrior who is falling to his knees. Herakles and Amazon.
Side B: Two nude men walking, to right. The first offers a jug to the second, who holds out his hand as if refusing it. Somewhat repaired and partially painted over.
ProvenanceBy 1877, William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note]; 1913, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 2, 1903)
NOTE: First lent to the MFA in 1877.
NOTE: First lent to the MFA in 1877.