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Two-handled jar (amphora) with satyrs

Two-handled jar (amphora) with satyrs

about 470 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure technique
DimensionsHeight: 32.3 cm (12 11/16 in.); diameter 17.3 cm (6 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Thomas Gold Appleton
Accession number76.46
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
InscriptionsSide A: 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
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