Horse-head amphora (jar)
Artist:
Attributed to Painter H
Place made:Greece, Europe
Culture: Greek
Date: ca. 575-550 B.C.
Dimensions:
height: 14 in. (35.6 cm)
diameter of mouth: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
diameter of foot: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: DEAC.86.134.173
Provenance: sold, Sotheby's, London, July 17-18, 1985, lot 246 to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986 [accession number 86.134.173]; deaccessioned in January 2022 and transferred to the Manhattan District Attorney, New York, for restitution to Italy
Published References
Sotheby's London, 17-8 July 1985, lot 246
H.A. Shapiro, C.A. Picón, and G.D. Scott, III, eds., Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art (San Antonio, 1995) p. 73, no. 31
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