Amphora
MS4841
From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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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