Attic black-figure amphora of “doubleen” shape; A, combat of three warriors; at left archer to left looking round; at right two hoplites fighting, one fallen to ground (his sheild blazon a white tripod); B, Dionysos standing to right., head turned back, holding rhyton and branch, between dancing satyr and maenad; on neck, lotus-palmette on shoulder, tongues. Height 32.0 cm Diameter 18.2 cm.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Capua (ancient Curti), Campania, Southern Italy
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Person depicted:
Dionysus/Bacchus (Greek and Roman deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Amphorae (storage vessels) and Satyrs
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1939-1940 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (November 9, 1939–October 22, 1940), S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1961-1962 #73: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 3, 1962–May 3, 1962), S1975-1976 #16: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 9, 1975–April 22, 1981), S1982-1983 #36: Saint Mary’s College of California (1983–April 29, 1983), S1982-1983 #3: Crocker Art Museum (October 20, 1982–March 28, 1983), and S2008-2009 #12: SFO Museum (June 2009–June 28, 2010)