Amphora

MS4841

From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4841
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Manufacture Location Attica
Creator Near Exekias: the Group of the Naples Psykter-Amphora
Date Made ca. 550-525 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Figure
Iconography Musician | Kithara
Description

A, in center, citharode facing right; on either side, a seated listener. B, citharode alone. Palmette lotus festoon above side A panel; hanging lotus with dots in the interstices above side B. Missing: all of base and both handles; sections and fragments of wall, restored in plaster. Near Exekias: the Group of the Naples Psykter-Amphora

Height 30 cm
Outside Diameter 20.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898

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