amphora

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Object Type
Museum number: 1865,0103.44
Description: Bronze amphora with each handle cast in the form of a youth bending backwards, lions flanking his head and a siren below. A strip of silver is applied to the rim.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 475BC-450BC
Production place: Made in: Vulci
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Vulci, tomb
Materials: bronze; silver
Technique: cast; applied
Dimensions: Height: 58.42 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: On display (G71/dc25)
Subjects: siren; mammal
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Comte James Alexandre de Pourtalès-Gorgier (sale); Purchased through: Rollin & Feuardent
Acquisition date: 1865
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1865,0103.44

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