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Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting a departure scene (side A) and a Bacchic scene (side B)
Greek
Archaic Period
about 520 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
40.2 cm (15 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number86.155
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 1, pl. 48.
DescriptionSide A: Departure of a warrior, in a quadriga. Five figures.
Side B: Bacchic scene. In center Dionysos, on each side a satyr and a maenad. Slightly restored.
Side B: Bacchic scene. In center Dionysos, on each side a satyr and a maenad. Slightly restored.
ProvenanceBy 1874/5: Lowell D. Allen Collection (said to have been purchased by him in Rome in winter of 1874/5 from a private collection); December 1886: purchased by MFA from Lowell D. Allen for $ 100.00 (this is the total price for MFA 86.155 and 86.156)