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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
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
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.
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-