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Storage jar (amphora) with a battle scene
Greek
Classical Period
about 400 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 35.5 cm (14 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.833
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 173.
DescriptionTwisted handles, greenish black glaze, careless drawing.
Side A: Combat. Three men and a female archer.
Side B: Maenad with basket of fruit and satyr, dancing.
Side A: Combat. Three men and a female archer.
Side B: Maenad with basket of fruit and satyr, dancing.
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: The following objects [MFA 03.805-03.833, 03.836-03.837, 03.906] were found in one cemetery in Campania.): from the Spinelli collection; from Suessula, South Italy; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903