AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
A: AMAZONOMACHY, ACHILLES AND PENTHESILEA IN LEOPARD SKIN FALLING, BOTH NAMED | B: DIONYSOS WITH IVY AND KANTHAROS, OINOPION WITH OINOCHOE, BOTH NAMED
Inscription
EXEKIAS | Kalos/Kale: ONETORIDES | Named: ACHILEU[S], PENTHESILEA | Named: ACHILLES, PENTHESILEA | Named: DIONYSOS, OINOPION | ONETORIDES | Signature: ECHSEKIASEPOIESE
Provenance
4 recorded events
Excavation
1828–1829
Vulci, Etruria, Italy
Excavated from the Etruscan necropolis at Vulci during the extensive campaigns directed by Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino. Over 3,000 vases were unearthed.
Canino excavation records
Purchase
1829–1836
Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino — Canino Collection
Musignano, Italy
Part of the vast collection amassed by Lucien Bonaparte at his estate at Musignano, near Canino.
Sale
1837
Lucien Bonaparte heirs
Paris, France
Sold at auction of the Canino collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris. The sale dispersed one of the greatest collections of Attic vases ever assembled.
Canino sale catalogue, 1837
Purchase
1836
British Museum
London, England
Acquired by the British Museum. Now one of the most celebrated objects in the Greek & Roman Department.
British Museum acquisition records
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)