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Datec. 330-300 BCE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall (Height): 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Rim (Diam.): 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
Diameter (Max.): 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Base (Diam.): 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.51
Not on view
DescriptionPlastic male heads beneath handles. An ivy wreath with dotted rosettes alternating with leaves. Gnathia vessels are a type of pottery belonging to ancient Apulian vase painting of the 4th century BCE.
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Additional Details
Alternate Titles
Two-handled jar
Exhibition History
2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - (no cat.).
2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. Hamilton Collects, "A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat.).
1987
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Ancient Vases: The Hamilton College Collection," March 14 - May 11, 1987 (cat. no. 50, illus. 40).
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - (no cat.).
2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. Hamilton Collects, "A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat.).
1987
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Ancient Vases: The Hamilton College Collection," March 14 - May 11, 1987 (cat. no. 50, illus. 40).
Provenance
1929: Hamilton College (James Library) by bequest of Edward S. Burgess
Published References
ANCIENT VASES FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION AND THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 1987) p. 40
Inscribed
Inscribed in blue pencil on bottom: EB [?]; in pencil on bottom: 306 1[?]
Date: c. 325-300 BCE
Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.56
The Rosoni Painter
Date: c. 570-550 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1943.2
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: c. 960-1126 CE
Medium: Stoneware with qingbai glaze
Object number: 1993.12.1a
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: c. 960-1126 CE
Medium: Stoneware with qingbai glaze
Object number: 1993.12.2a
Unknown artist
Date: c. 610-650 CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.5
Pablo Picasso
Date: 1933
Medium: Lithograph
Object number: 1997.11.7