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Detail: Side B
Two-handled jar (amphora) with a satyr holding a young satyr
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
about 480 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 40.85 cm (16 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.882
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 124.
DescriptionSide A: A bearded satyr holds a young satyr on his shoulders by his outspread arms in the "flying angel" position, as if to watch a parade. The "Flying Angel Painter" gets his name from this vase.
Side B: Another bearded satyr, with a white fillet in his hair, holds an immense model phallus, a typical accouterment in the sacred procession of the festival of Dionysus.
Condition: Repaired with slight restoration.
Side B: Another bearded satyr, with a white fillet in his hair, holds an immense model phallus, a typical accouterment in the sacred procession of the festival of Dionysus.
Condition: Repaired with slight restoration.
ProvenanceBy 1898: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought at Santa Maria di Capua [1898] & presumably found there); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)