An Attic Red-figured Nolan Amphora, circa 440 B.C.

with disk foot, centrally ribbed handles, and echinus mouth, one side painted with Theseus slaying the Minotaur, the young hero wielding his sword, grasping the Minotaur by one horn, and wearing high sandals and a chlamys fastened at the right shoulder, a band of meander and saltire squares below, the other side with a draped youth advancing to left, a meander band below; accession no. 09.11, old inventory no. 246

Henri De Morgan (1854-1909), New York (Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, Catalogue of Greek Vases and Antique Iridescent Glass Cameos, Intaglios, and Silver Coins Selected and Catalogued by H. De Morgan, January 16th, 1909, no. 137, illus.)
Thomas Barlow Walker (1840-1928), Minneapolis, Minnesota, acquired at the above sale
The T.B. Walker Foundation (founded 1925), Minneapolis, inv. no. WF5
on loan from the above to the Walker Art Gallery, subsequently the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, acc. no. 09.11, old inv. no. N246
on loan from both of the above to the University Gallery, University of Minnesota, inv. no. L1972.1.5

“Greek Vases,” University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, February 9th-March 31st, 1981

Michael Anderson, Greek Vases, exhibition catalogue, University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1981, p. 15, illus. on p. 10
Beazley Achive Pottery Database, no. 50032 (www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/C9903C4E-D48B-426E-966C-72BEE8F0131A)

Excellent and intact. Some wear and a few small nicks on the perimeter of the rim, a few small nicks to the glaze on the handles, a few tiny nicks to the glaze on the body, some very minor misfiring in areas, there is a ring-shaped abrasion on and above the forehead of the Minotaur, perhaps a flaw caused during firing. Penned numbers and labels under the foot, as well as some wax around the edge.
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