Amphora
‘Amphorae’ were used in ancient Greece as storage jars for liquids or grain. The decoration shows two women in conversation, one holding a mirror.
It belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Montague, who collected over 800 specimens, which he bequeathed to the museum upon his death.
It belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Montague, who collected over 800 specimens, which he bequeathed to the museum upon his death.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/649
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Montague, LAD, Lieutenant Colonel
- Material
- potteryterracottaRed figure ware
- Common Name
- amphora
- Simple Name
- vessel
- Period Classification
- Classical - 500-336 BC
- Production County
- Campania
- Production Country
- Italy
- Production Person Surname
- Ixion Painter
- Production Year Low
- -350
- Production Year High
- -300
