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Two-handled jar (neck-amphora) with ram and lion (Side A) and confronted sirens (Side B)
Greek, South Italian
Archaic Period
about 520–510 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: South Italy, Magna Graecia, Rhegion
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
John Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund
Accession Number62.223
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionOn the neck, lotus-buds, with red leaves. Red and black dentils on the shoulder, and a thin red groundline above the broad band.
Side A: Ram, lion, and rosettes.
Side B: Two Sirens flanking palmetted lotus-bud. White and red on the Sirens, and red in the heart of the palmette and lotus-bud.
Under each handle, an owl. Neck and foot (piece of each) broken and repaired.
Chalcidian black-figure neck-amphora (manufactured in Rhegion, South Italy).
Side A: Ram, lion, and rosettes.
Side B: Two Sirens flanking palmetted lotus-bud. White and red on the Sirens, and red in the heart of the palmette and lotus-bud.
Under each handle, an owl. Neck and foot (piece of each) broken and repaired.
Chalcidian black-figure neck-amphora (manufactured in Rhegion, South Italy).
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Ars Antiqua AG, Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (auction 2, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, May 14, 1960, lot 129); by 1962: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa.; March 14, 1962: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for $ 975.-