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Amphora (Storage Jar)

Terracotta vessel with a narrow neck and small, curved handles, areas of black indicating lost portions of a battle scene.
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  • Terracotta vessel with a narrow neck and small, curved handles, areas of black indicating lost portions of a battle scene.

Date:

340-330 BCE

Artist:

Attributed to the Ixion Painter
Greek; Campania, Italy

About this artwork

One of the first objects to enter the Art Institute’s collection, this amphora represents changes in conservation practices across different centuries. Before it was acquired by the museum in the 19th century, the vessel had broken and been repaired. The staples that hold the foot together are from this early restoration. Some fragments were missing, including important parts of the figural scene depicting the battle between the Greeks and the Amazons. Because filling in these areas would require imaginative reconstruction, these areas of loss were not restored. The lower decorative band, a uniform key pattern, was restored. 20th-century restoration with matte black plaster indicates areas of loss in the band. The fragments of this amphora were reassembled in an earlier century using pieces of other ceramic vessels, but this amphora was left intact by conservators.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Artist

Ixion Painter

Title

Amphora (Storage Jar)

Place

Campania (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

340 BCE–330 BCE

Medium

terracotta, red-figure

Dimensions

86.4 × 36.1 × 26 cm (34 1/2 × 14 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson

Reference Number

1889.24

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