Amphora (Vessel for storing wine)

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Artist Unknown Cypriot

CultureCypriot

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Amphora (Vessel for storing wine)
Amphora

Date700–600 BC

Made inCyprus

MediumTerracotta, bicolor slip painting

Dimensions34 3/8 × 3 × 20 1/2 in. (87.3 × 7.6 × 52.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Meredith J. Long and Fayez Sarofim in honor of Frances Marzio at "One Great Night in November, 2005"

Object number2005.1074

Not on view

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Antiquities

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CERAMICS

ProvenancePrivate collection, before 1971 [1]; [Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., London, March 23, 1971, lot 34] [2]. Acquired by Charles Lipson, Boston, 1970s [3]. [Royal-Athena Galleries, New York/London, 2003] [4]; [Phoenix Ancient Art, New York/Geneva, by 2005] [5]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.

[1] Identified in the auction catalogue as "Property of a Lady."
[2] Price list indicates that Lot 34 sold to an individual with the last name of "Farnsworth."
[3] Loaned to Indianapolis Museum of Art by Charles Lipson.
[4] Included in the January 2003 catalogue as no. 137.
[5] Invoice (Object File).

Exhibition HistoryIndianapolis Museum of Art, 1971–1974.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

TR2.AM.010

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