Amphora

MS3498A

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number	MS3498A
Current Location	Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture	Attic
Provenience	Italy \| Etruria \| Orvieto
Manufacture Location	Attica
Period	Archaic Greek Period
Date Made	560-540 BCE
Section	Mediterranean
Materials	Ceramic
Technique	Black Figure
Iconography	Castor \| Horseman \| Pollux
Description	A & B, in panel, each two frontal horsemen (Dioskouroi?). Missing and restored in plaster: a bit of foot and large sections, including both handles, of all other elements of form. Polydeuces present?
Height	50.9 cm
Credit Line	Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898

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