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Amphora with lid

Italic, Etruscan
Archaic Period
about 530 B.C.

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions Height (max. with lid): 39 cm (15 3/8 in.); Height (without lid): 32 cm (12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number62.970
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionSides A and B: Dolphin between two entwined snakes. Large eyes left and right. Blackish glaze on buff clay, with additions in red, white and brown paint.
Piece missing from lid.
ProvenanceBy 1961: Robert E. Hecht, Jr. (said to be from Vulci); November 14, 1962: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr. for $ 1,800-