Plate showing Ajax and Kassandra Artist: Paseas (Greek, Attic, ca. 530-510 B.C.)

ca. 520–510 B.C.

Ancient Art

On view, 1st floor, Ancient Art
Medium

Terracotta; red-figure, with added red

Dimensions

1 3/16 × 7 3/8 in. (3 × 18.7 cm)
foot: 1 9/16 × 4 1/2 in. (4 × 11.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Rebecca Darlington Stoddard

Accession Number

1913.169

Culture

Greek, Attic

Period

Late Archaic

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Ex. coll. Dr. Paul Arndt, Munich; purchased for Yale University by Rebecca Darlington Stoddard, 1913
Bibliography
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Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

mythology, plates (dishes)

Inscriptions

Behind Ajax: Aias (in Greek)\r\nBelow the ground line: K[a]tadra (in Greek)\r\nBehind the statue: Ath[e]naia (in Greek)

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