Bail Amphora

31-36-18

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 31-36-18
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Campanian | South Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Campania
Creator Cassandra Painter
Date Made 399-300 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Figure
Iconography Warrior | Female Head
Description

A, nude warrior rushing to left, looking back; shield on left arm; spear in extended right hand, point down. Pointed cap.

B, head of woman facing left, hair done up in kerchief

Intact

Height 30.8 cm
Outside Diameter 11.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Arthur H. Lea, 1931

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