Amphora

MS3419

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS3419
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Bucchero
Description

Black bucchero ware. Partially reconstructed with plaster. Body wide; neck short, wide; rim beveled; handles short thick springing from neck to high on shoulder. Designs and processional frieze in low relief on shoulder: two floral, 2 with human figures including charioteers, warriors and seated personages. The frieeze below the neck is applied upside down.

Height 46.35 cm
Outside Diameter 38.42 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897

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