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Column krater (mixing bowl) with Ajax carrying the corpse of Achilles (obverse) and Zeus protecting Athena from Ares (reverse)
Italic, Apulian
Archaic Period
500–450 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Apulia
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Height: 37 cm (14 9/16 in.); diameter: 33 cm (13 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number99.530
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 572.
DescriptionSide A: Zeus intervening to protect Athena from attack of Ares.
Side B: Ajax carrying off the body of Achilles; led by Thetis.
Side B: Ajax carrying off the body of Achilles; led by Thetis.
ProvenanceBy 1899: with E. P. Warren; purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, 1899, for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)