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Storage Jar (Amphora)

Storage Jar (Amphora)

Unknown

This polished black jar was made in Athens for an Etruscan market, using early Italian vase styles instead of Greek. Birds are incised on the front of the belly, and the carved handles show two feline forms marching to the lip.
Artist
Unknown (Italian, Etruscan)
Title
Storage Jar (Amphora)
Date
7th-6th century B.C.E.
Medium
Bucchero earthenware
Dimensions
8 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Jacqueline Ross
Accession No.
1984.194
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
Italy

Related

12 December 1984, gifted by Jacqueline Ross (Madison, WI) to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 11 March 2022]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ancient Etruscan and Greek Vases in the Elvehjem Museum of Art." University of Wisconsin Regents. Madison, Wis., 2000. p. 29, no. 6

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