Neck Amphora
MS2491
From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2491 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Orvieto |
| Date Made | 399-200BC |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Iconography | Goat? | Deer? | Rider | Horse |
| Description | Ovoid Neck Amphora. A and B, Naked male rider on horseback racing toward rampant goat (deer?) at left. Below scenes, continuous around body, is a zone of lotus and palmette chain. Ray pattern around lower wall. A and B, in panel on neck, lotus, and palmette chain. Recomposed from fragments in plaster. |
| Height | 34.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 19 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number | 952 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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