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Amphora

Italic, Etruscan
Archaic Period
525-500 B.C.

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions 38 cm (14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of J. J. Dixwell
Accession Number76.232
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 569.
DescriptionDecoration in poor, black glaze. Two ribbed handles.
Palmettes on the neck, tongue pattern on shoulder.

Side A: Satyr and maenad dancing.
Side B: Satyr and maenad dancing.
ProvenanceBy 1875: in a public collection in Chiusi; sold at public sale in Florence to J. J. Dixwell; gift of J. J. Dixwell to MFA, March 1876