The British Museum, London, United Kingdom

Artist/Maker Nikosthenes, potter (signed)

Zeus (centre) parts Athena (left) and Ares (right) while Kyknos (far right) flees Heracles (here unseen) approaching in his chariot (far left). Attic black-figured volute-krater, c. 540/510 BC.

Dimensions Unspecified

Credit line Unspecified

Accession number GR 1842.4-7.17 (Cat. Vases B 364)

Location Main floor, room 13, Greek & Rome

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)
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