Amphora (storage vessel) depicting male and female heads
Amphora (storage vessel) depicting male and female heads
Amphora (storage vessel) depicting male and female heads
Amphora (storage vessel) depicting male and female heads
Amphora (storage vessel) depicting male and female heads
Amphora (storage vessel) depicting male and female heads
Amphora (storage vessel) depicting male and female heads
Amphora (storage vessel) depicting male and female heads

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Amphora (storage vessel) depicting male and female heads,

ca. 560 BCE

Greek
Late Corinthian Period, ca. 570–550 BCE
2010-220

Information

Title
Amphora (storage vessel) depicting male and female heads
Dates

ca. 560 BCE

Medium
Black-figure ceramic
Dimensions
35.6 x 23.4 cm, diam. 23.0 cm (14 x 9 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr. Memorial Collection Fund
Object Number
2010-220
Place Made

Europe, Greece, Corinth

Culture
Greek
Period
Late Corinthian, Black-figure
Type
ceramics, vessels (containers), amphorae
Materials
slip, ceramic
Subject
portraits, women, Sphynx, sunbursts, running ornament, men, figures (representations)

Formerly in the collection of Jack Titelman, Atlanta, Georgia, who purchased it in New York in 1964, from dealer André Emmerich; purchased by the Museum from Howard Nowes, New York, in 2010.

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