Amphora (storage vessel)
Amphora (storage vessel)
Place of OriginGreece, perhaps from the Argolis
DateMycenaean, about 1150 BCE
Dimensions14 3/4 × 15 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (37.5 × 40 × 31.4 cm)
MediumWheel-thrown, slip-decorated earthenware
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1963.17
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic
Collections
Published ReferencesAuktion XXVI, Basel, Münzen und Medaillen A.G., 5 Oktober 1963, p. 23, no. 45.
- Decorative Arts
Riefstahl, Rudolph M., "Greek Vases," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 11, no. 2, 1968, p. 29, repr.
Boulter, Cedric G., and Kurt T. Luckner, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Toledo Museum of Art, fasc. 2, U.S.A. fasc. 20, pl. 64, nos. 3, 4.
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about 510 BCE
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about 510-500 BCE
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about 490 BCE
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