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Two-handled storage jar (amphora) with a warrior departing
Two-handled storage jar (amphora) with a warrior departing

Two-handled storage jar (amphora) with a warrior departing

The Swing Painter
about 540–520 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 52 cm (20 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number89.257
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1889: with Pio Marinangeli, Rome (said to be from Corneto Tarquinia); March 1889: purchased by R. Lanciani from Pio Marinangeli; purchased by MFA from R. Lanciani, 1889