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AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Black-figure LEAGROS GROUP by BEAZLEY · Amphora · -550 to -500

A: HERAKLES (WITHOUT LIONSKIN) AND ANTAIOS, HERMES, ATHENA, MAN IN PETASOS AND CHLAMYS WITH SPEARS AND WOMAN IN BUILDING, NONSENSE INSCRIPTIONS, DEVICE, TRIPOD | B: HORSEMEN, DOGS

Provenance

3 recorded events

Excavation 1828–1829

Vulci, Etruria, Italy

Excavated at the Vulci necropolis.

Purchase 1829

Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino — Canino Collection

Musignano, Italy

Part of the Canino collection.

Purchase 1837

British Museum

London, England

Purchased by the British Museum from the Canino sale.

British Museum acquisition records

Shape

Amphora

Technique

Black-figure

Date

-550 to -500

Culture

ATHENIAN

Painter

LEAGROS GROUP by BEAZLEY

Attribution

Attributed

Findspot

Vulci, Etruria, Italy

Museum

British Museum

Accession Number

B196

Image Source

beazley

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