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Two-handled jar with lid
Greek, South Italian
about 5th century B.C. (?)
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Campania
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Plain Ware
Dimensions
12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number58.1302
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionLight buff clay with warm pinkish-buff slip; dull black glaze. Handles black, black line around shoulder and rim; inside all black; black ring on knob and around it. Small hole in wall of jar.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Horace L. Mayer Collection; November 13, 1958: loaned to MFA by Horace L. Mayer (as 125.58); gift of Horace L. Mayer to MFA, December 11, 1958