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Fragment of a two-handled jar (amphora)
Greek
Archaic Period
about 520 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Diameter: 10.4 cm ( 4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Aldo Iandolo
Accession Number36.631
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 1, pl. 58, 7.
DescriptionFestival of Dionysos?
Preserved are part of head, neck, right shoulder and arm of Dionysos; the upper part of a couple, side by side; the face and beginning of the shoulder of a bearded man. All face right. Dionysos, clad in a chiton and a himation, is wreathed. The central male figure is bearded and wears a chiton and a himation; his female companion is clad in a peplos and a mantle and has drawn the latter over her head, lifting a fold with her left hand.
(entry from CVA 1, p. 44)
Preserved are part of head, neck, right shoulder and arm of Dionysos; the upper part of a couple, side by side; the face and beginning of the shoulder of a bearded man. All face right. Dionysos, clad in a chiton and a himation, is wreathed. The central male figure is bearded and wears a chiton and a himation; his female companion is clad in a peplos and a mantle and has drawn the latter over her head, lifting a fold with her left hand.
(entry from CVA 1, p. 44)
ProvenanceAccording to CVA Boston i, p. 44: from Cumae; by 1936: with Aldo Iandolo, Viale del Lazio 37, Rome; gift of Aldo Iandolo to MFA, November 5, 1936