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Vase Catalog Number: Toledo 1950.261

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Collection:	Toledo Museum of Art
Summary:	Body: chariot, shoulder: Herakles and Cerberus.
Ware:	Attic Black Figure	Shape:	Hydria
Painter:	Attributed to the the Karithaios Painter	Potter:
Context:	From Vulci	Region:	Etruria
Date:	ca. 530 B.C. - 520 B.C.	Period:	Archaic
Dimensions:	H. to top of handle 47.0 cm; H. to rim 45.6 cm; D. of rim 23.2 cm; D. of shoulder 29.5 cm; D. of foot 15.5 cm.
Primary Citation:	Moon 1979, no. 48, pp. 80-81

Collection History:

Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey (50.261). Ex collections Lucien Bonaparte, Prince de Canino, and Vicomte de Janze.

Sources Used:

Moon 1979, pp. 80-81

Other Bibliography:

Dubois, Notice d'une collection des vases antiques en terrecuite provenant des fouilles faites en Etrurie par feu M. le Prince de Canino, Paris. 4 avril 1843. lot no. 86; Collection de M. le vicomte de Janze, Vente Hötel Drouot. 16 avril 1866; Art Digest 25 (May 15, 1951) 12; AJA 58 (1954) 64; Brommer 1956, 53, no. 54; Brommer 1960, 73, no. 54; S. Washington, "Greek Vase Painting," Toledo Museum News 5 (1962) 80; R.M. Riefstahl, "Greek Vases," Toledo Museum News 11 (1968) 36; Brommer 1973, 93, no. 12; CVA, USA 17, Toledo 1, pp. 14-15, pl. 20,2 and 22.

Essay: Moon No. 48

(Kurt T. Luckner)

Keywords:
Athena, baldric, belt, boar, carrying, chariot, charioteer, chiton, club, greave, helmet, Herakles, Herakles and Kerberus, holding, horse, kentron, Kerberos, kerykeion, leading, leaning, lion, Persephone, quiver, reins, scabbard, shield, spear, staff, tripod, walking, warrior, wearing, wheel

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20 Images

Archive Number Caption

1991.10.0708 Overview: strap handle rear

1991.10.0709 Overview: strap handle left

1991.10.0710 Main panel: warriors, horses and chariot

1991.10.0711 Main panel: charioteer and warrior in chariot

1991.10.0712 Main panel: head of charioteer

1991.10.0713 Main panel: head of warrior

1991.10.0714 Main panel: horses, upper half

1991.10.0716 Main panel: heads of horses

1991.10.0715 Main panel: warrior in front of chariot

1991.10.0717 Main panel: head of warrior

1991.10.0718 Main panel: shield of warrior

1991.10.0719 Predella: boar on left

1991.10.0720 Predella: lion

1991.10.0721 Predella: boar on right

1991.10.0722 Shoulder: Herakles and Cerberus

1991.10.0723 Shoulder: Pluto

1991.10.0724 Shoulder: Persephone

1991.10.0725 Shoulder: Hermes and Cerberus

1991.10.0726 Shoulder: Herakles

1991.10.0727 Shoulder: Athena

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