Bichrome amphora (storage jar)

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Bichrome amphora (storage jar)
Bichrome amphora (storage jar)
Artist/Maker
Date750-600 BCE
MediumTerracotta with slip
DimensionsOverall: 4 × 3 in. (10.1 × 7.6 cm) Mouth: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) Base: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm) Handle: 1 3/4 × 3/8 × 1/4 in. (4.5 × 0.9 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineIsaac Hollister Hall, Class of 1859, Collection. Transferred from the Hamilton College Archives; Gift of Janet M. Bates.
Object number2015.6.3
On view
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Additional Details

Alternate Titles Cypriot bichrome amphora
Storage jar with horizontal bands
Exhibition History 2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," May 2015 - ongoing (no catalog).
Provenance 2013: Hamilton College (Archives), by gift of Janet M. Bates;
1999: Janet M. Bates, by bequest of her husband, George P. Bates;
?: George P. Bates, Class of 1936, by gift or bequest of his mother, Mary Hall Bates;
?: Mary Hall Bates, by gift or bequest of her father, Isaac Hollister Hall;
1875-77: Isaac Hollister Hall, by gift of General Luigi Palma di Cesnola;
1875-77: excavated by General Luigi Palma di Cesnola
Photograph by John Bentham.
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