Fragment from two-handled jar (amphora) with friezes of animals
late 7th–early 6th century B.C.
Place of ManufactureTuscany or Lazio, Italy
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Italo-Corinthian style
DimensionsWidth: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); depth: 32 cm (12 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule
Accession number2001.161
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown (1969-1970?): with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia, Penn. (Hesperia Art Bulletin 47, no. A22); by 1970: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; loaned to MFA by Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Vermeule III, February 11, 1970 (loan number 37.1970); gift to MFA from Cornelius C. Vermeule III, March 21, 2001, in memory of Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule
6th century B.C.
1720
1350–1230 B.C.
A.D. 200–250
about 550 B.C.
second half of 4th century B.C.
