On loan from the Louvre Museum, this Greek cup testifies to the importance of boar hunting during Antiquity. Along with the lion, the boar was one of the most feared animals, prized for its meat. Its hunting with a stake was practiced by the Greek aristocracy. The Metamorphoses of Ovid (episode of the boar of Calydon) or The Twelve Labors of Hercules testify to this. Dated 420 BC, the clay cup was made by an artist now known as "the painter of London".