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

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Amphora (storage vessel) depicting female heads,

ca. 340–320 BCE

Attributed to the Amphorae Group
South Italian, Apulian
Classical Period, ca. 480–323 BCE
y1933-49

Information

Title
Amphora (storage vessel) depicting female heads
Dates

ca. 340–320 BCE

Maker
Attributed to the Amphorae Group
Medium
Red-figure ceramic
Dimensions
h. 41 × diam. 17.8 cm (16 1/8 × 7 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
y1933-49
Place Made

Europe, Italy, Apulia (southern Italy)

Culture
Apulian
Period
Classical, Red-figure
Type
ceramics, amphorae
Materials
glaze, slip, ceramic
Subject
palmettes, running ornament, profiles (figures), sakkoses, women

Acquired by Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888, at an unknown date and from an unknown source; given as a bequest to the Museum in 1933.

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