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Obverse, King Akrisios watching his daughter Danae and her son Perseus who stand in a chest about to be set adrift
Reverse, Danae's seated mother, a standing servant with basket, and a carpenter holding a hammer
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 470–460 B.C.
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: Overall: 15 x 15 3/8in. (38.1 x 39cm); diameter 12 3/8in. (31.4cm)
Metropolitan Museum
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
Accession Number: 17.230.37a, b
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