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Neck Amphora featuring Herakles and King Memnon
Neck Amphora featuring Herakles and King Memnon
Neck Amphora featuring Herakles and King Memnon

Neck Amphora featuring Herakles and King Memnon

Artist
Datecirca 530–520 BCE
MediumTerracotta, black-figure
DimensionsH. 16 1/2 x Max. Diam. 12 1/4 in. (41.9 x 31.1 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object number90.2
On View
On view
Collections
ProvenanceWith The Summa Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA, by 1976; Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt, Ft. Worth, TX; Hunt Sale, New York, Sotheby's, June 19, 1990, lot 4 (illus); sold to NCMA.
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