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San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Joan Brown Winter.
Small jar (amphoriskos)
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Joan Brown Winter.

Small jar (amphoriskos)

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureEtruscan
Date7th century B.C.
MediumTerracotta
Dimensionspreserved height: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)
max. diameter: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
diameter of foot: 1 15/16 in. (5 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Joan Brown Winter
Object number90.8.7
Geography
Place madeItaly
DescriptionA small, two-handled jar (amphoriskos) missing the upper part of the neck and rim. The vessel is decorated on the shoulder with alternating red and black tongues, separated by horizontal bands from a zigzag band and a wider dark band around the body. Red lines separate the three decorative bands.ProvenanceWilliam C. Winter, Jr. (1922-2021) and Joan Brown Winter (1922-2010), San Antonio, by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1990
Published ReferencesH.A. Shapiro, C.A. Picón, and G.D. Scott, III, eds., Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art (San Antonio, 1995), p. 257, no. 143.
Not on view
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Image Not Available for Stirrup jar
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