Neck Amphora featuring Herakles and King Memnon
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 viewProvenanceWith 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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the Monte Abatone Painter
circa late 7th or early 6th century BCE
