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Paestan Vase with Lid (Perhaps from Another Vase)
Asteasabout 340 B.C.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Amphora with Orestes about to slay Clytemnestra. The neck and proper left handle have been reconstructed. A separate lid (80.AE.155.2) was associated with the vase, but does not belong. For further description, see individual records.
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Details
- Title: Paestan Vase with Lid (Perhaps from Another Vase)
- Creator: Asteas
- Date Created: about 340 B.C.
- Location Created: Paestum, South Italy
- Type: Amphora
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Terracotta
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 80.AE.155
- Culture: Greek (South Italian, Paestan)
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Stanley Silverman
- Creator Display Name: Close to Asteas (Greek (Paestan), active about 350 - 320 B.C.)
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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