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Lydion
Near Eastern, Lydian
Place of Manufacture: Lydia; Findspot: Vulci
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.); diameter 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.908
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 446.
DescriptionAmphora of yellow clay, painted red. Without handles.
ProvenanceBy 1889: Prince Torlonia Collection (excavated at Vulci, 1889: Gsell, Fouilles de Vulci, tomb no. XLIX); by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: [one of the] Contents incomplete of an early VIth Cent tomb at Vulci [containing MFA vases 98.901-909, 912-914, 916, 920]); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)