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Stamnos with Herakles and a Dancing Satyr

CultureGreek (Attic)
Titles
  • Stamnos with Herakles and a Dancing Satyr
Datec. 440–420 BC
Probable placeGreece
MediumTerracotta
Dimensions10 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (26 × 26.7 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Meredith J. Long and Fayez Sarofim in honor of Frances Marzio at "One Great Night in November, 2003"
Object number2003.713
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
On view

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Donati Arte Classica, Lugano, Switzerland]; Ferruccio Bolla (1911–1984), Lugano, Swtizerland, 1970s; [Kunstwerke der Antike, Münzen und Medaillen, Auktion 70, November 14, 1986, lot 218]; private collection, by 2000; [Christie's, New York, December 7, 2000, lot 445, bought in]; purchased by [Phoenix Ancient Art, Inc., New York/Geneva, 2000–2003]; purchased by MFAH, 2003.
Exhibition HistoryStamnoi, Corner Bank, Lugano, 1976–77.
Stamnoi, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, March–May 1980.

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