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Amphora

Exekiasca. 550-525 BCE

Penn Museum

Penn Museum
Philadelphia, United States

  • Title: Amphora
  • Creator: Near Exekias: the Group of the Naples Psykter-Amphora
  • Date Created: ca. 550-525 BCE
  • Location Created: Orvieto, Etruria, Italy
  • Physical Dimensions: 30 x 20.5 cm
  • External Link: Penn Museum online collection
  • Medium: Ceramic
  • Object Number: MS4841
  • Manufacture Location/Mint: Attica
  • Descriptive Note: A, in center, citharode facing right; on either side, a seated listener. B, citharode alone. Palmette lotus festoon above side A panel; hanging lotus with dots in the interstices above side B. Missing: all of base and both handles; sections and fragments of wall, restored in plaster. Near Exekias: the Group of the Naples Psykter-Amphora
  • Culture: Attic
  • Credit Line: Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898
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