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Amphora

Made By Greek, Attic
Dateca. 500-480 BCE
Mediumterracotta, white ground, black-figure technique
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)
circumference: 15 7/16 in. (39.2 cm)
rim: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Classification(s)
  • ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John W. Field in memory of her husband
Terms
  • sphinx
  • warriors
  • shield
  • spear
  • helmet
  • palmetto leaves
Object number1887.1.40
Descriptionpink clay with gray slip and black figures [black and red slip glaze with incised decoration-FTL]; An amphora is a jar with two vertical handles.
Collections
Inscribedold label on base:CG6
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Exhibitions
Lekythos
Lekythos
Greek, Attic
425 - 375 BC
Oinochoë
Oinochoë
Class of Vatican G.47
500-475 BCE
Small Amphora with handles
Small Amphora with handles
Greek
no date
Lekythos
Lekythos
Greek
XIX "Empire" fake?