Amphora with Polychrome and Relief Decoration

late 3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)

25 cm 59 cm

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This vase is a superb example from a rare group of ornate vessels. Their undecorated backs suggest they were intended for display within a niche. The Eros figures carry the attributes of Dionysus, including torches, a pail, and a lyre. The use of color, the tall, narrow propor...

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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [cat. no. 246]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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