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Two-handled jar (amphora) with satyrs
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 470 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure technique
Dimensions
Height: 32.3 cm (12 11/16 in.); diameter 17.3 cm (6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Gold Appleton
Accession Number76.46
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 085.
DescriptionSide A: Satyr carrying a silenos on his back; another satyr behind.
Inscription: Charmides is handsome (kalos) .
Side B: Satyr standing with his back turned.
Inscription: [He] is handsome (kalos).
Three satyrs, the mischievous followers of the wine god Dionysus, decorate the front of this amphora. They have been adorned with wreaths and fillets as they perhaps participate in some festival.
Inscription: Charmides is handsome (kalos) .
Side B: Satyr standing with his back turned.
Inscription: [He] is handsome (kalos).
Three satyrs, the mischievous followers of the wine god Dionysus, decorate the front of this amphora. They have been adorned with wreaths and fillets as they perhaps participate in some festival.
InscriptionsSide A:
to right of sayr's face ΧΑΡΜΙΔΕΣ
to right of carrier ΚΑΛΟΣ
Side B:
to right of satyr's middle ΚΑΛΟΣ
to right of sayr's face ΧΑΡΜΙΔΕΣ
to right of carrier ΚΑΛΟΣ
Side B:
to right of satyr's middle ΚΑΛΟΣ
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Thomas G. Appleton Collection (purchased from Alessandro Castellani; said to be from the Peytrignet collection at Pagani, near Naples and to come from Nola); gift of Thomas G. Appleton to MFA, 1876