Amphora Lid
MS2462B
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS2462B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Attic |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Attica |
Date Made | 550-500 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Black Figure |
Iconography | Pomegranate |
Description | Sections amounting to about one quarter of circumferance missing from around the edge. Knob in form of pomegranate. Around it in a border of tongue pattern, alternately purple and black. Pattern of ivy leaves with red stem around the edge. A prominent flange to fit in neck of vessel on unglazed underside. |
Height | 8 cm |
Outside Diameter | 20.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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