amphora-stand

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Object Type
Museum number: 1842,0407.14
Description: Pottery: black-figured stand, used to support a pointed amphora, showing revellers.
Cultures/periods: Attic; Archaic Greek
Production date: 520BC-500BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Athens
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Vulci (said to be from)
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Diameter: 19.05 centimetres; Height: 16.51 centimetres
Curator's comments: Acquired together with the amphora 1942,0407.3, but as the two pieces are by different painters and apparently not exactly contemporary they may note originally belong.
Bibliographic references
Location: On display (G69/dc31)
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Basseggio; Purchased through: Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
Acquisition date: 1842
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1842,0407.14

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