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Two-handled jar (amphora)
Potter: Light-Make Class
Greek
Archaic Period
about 500 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number13.79
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 1, pl. 52.
DescriptionLight-Make Class. Yellowish white slip.
Side A: Two Maenads dancing; to their right, Dionysos, seated to right. Extensively patched, restored and painted over.
Side B: A satyr holding a goat by the horns and beard. In the background a vine tree.
Side A: Two Maenads dancing; to their right, Dionysos, seated to right. Extensively patched, restored and painted over.
Side B: A satyr holding a goat by the horns and beard. In the background a vine tree.
ProvenanceLent by W. S. Bigelow, 1877. Made a gift Jan. 2, 1913.