Amphora Artist: Unknown

3rd Century

Ancient Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

This molded vessel is part of a group produced in the Near East or Egypt. Many represent Eros or Dionysiac scenes; the present example seems to show Isis or Aphrodite, with Athena on the reverse. A vessel inscribed “oinophoros” gives the name to the class. Finds in the Athenian Agora indicate a date of the early 3rd century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta (Knidian relief ware)

Dimensions

16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.)
other (Diameter of Lip): 5.6 cm(2 3/16 in.)
other (Width at widest point of handles): 11 cm(4 5/16 in.)
other (Width at widest point of body without handles): 9.1 cm(3 9/16 in.)
other (Diameter of Base): 5.4 cm(2 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Rebecca Darlington Stoddard

Accession Number

1913.210

Culture

Roman, Asia Minor

Period

Roman

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Ex. coll. Dr. Paul Arndt
Bibliography

  • Professor Paul V. C. Baur, Catalogue of the Rebecca Darlington Stoddard Collection of Greek and Italian Vases at Yale University, 1st ed. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1922).

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

amphorae

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