Unknown Greek
Funeral Amphora

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Artist Unknown Greek

CultureGreek (Attic)

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Funeral Amphora

Date750–700 BC

MediumTerracotta with slip

Dimensionsheight × max. diameter: 21 1/2 × 10 1/2 (54.6 × 26.7 cm.)
diameter at base: 4 3/8 inches (11.1 cm.)
diameter at lip: 9 inches (22.9 cm.)

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan

Object number34.126

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

200 Jamail Atrium

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CERAMICS

Provenance[Theodore Zoumpoulakis, Athens]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1934; given to MFAH, 1934.
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.

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