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Two-handled jar (amphora) with a libation scene
Greek
Classical Period
about 430 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure technique
Dimensions
Height: 33.2 cm (13 1/16 in.); diameter: 17.9 cm (7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry P. Kidder
Accession Number01.16
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 064.
DescriptionSide A: A woman with an oinochoe and a man with a phiale on either side of an altar, pouring a libation. A bucranium in the background.
Side B: A woman standing to right and looking back over her shoulder.
Side B: A woman standing to right and looking back over her shoulder.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: William J. Stillman Collection; purchased from William J. Stillman by Henry P. Kidder; gift of Mrs. Henry P. Kidder to MFA, January 28, 1901