Neck-amphora

Museum number:
8-2162
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Attic black-figure neck-amphora; white-ground; put together from many fragments; surface worn; much restoration in plaster; on neck, attenuated lotus-palmette frieze; on shoulder, debased tongues; below frieze, black band, rays; A, Dionysus and Ariadne seated to right on folding-stools; B, three komasts dancing to right; staffs in field. Height 16.85 cm; diameter 10.3 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Athens, Attica, Greece
Culture or time period:
Etruscan and Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1895
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Neck amphorae
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Neck-amphora, accession number 8-2162, described as Attic black-figure neck-amphora; white-ground; put together from many fragments; surface worn; much restoration in plaster; on neck, attenuated lotus-palmette frieze; on shoulder, debased tongues; below frieze, black band, rays; A, Dionysus and Ariadne seated to right on folding-stools; B, three komasts dancing to right; staffs in field. Height 16.85 cm; diameter 10.3 cm.

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