Unknown Greek
Plate with Athena and Enkelados in Battle

CultureGreek
Titles
  • Plate with Athena and Enkelados in Battle
Date520–510 BC
Made inGreece
MediumTerracotta with slip
Dimensionsheight × diameter: 1 1/8 × 9 1/4 inches

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number37.19
Not on view

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Theodore Zoumpoulakis, Athens, by 1935]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, 1935–1937; given to MFAH, 1937.
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, Tex., October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Tex., February 3–April 1, 1971; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Tex., May 16–July 11, 1971.

"Art, Myth, and Culture: Greek Vases from Southern Collections," New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, La., 21 Nov 1981–14 Feb 1982 (LN: 81.28)

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