Stamnos (jar)
5th century BCE
Description
White-mouthed jar with two horizontal handles, tapering toward a ring foot. Made of relatively fine, micaceous, light brown clay, the jar has reddish-brown painted decoration. Diagonally applied brushstrokes are framed above and below by a horizontal band and a line; the horizontal strokes appear to have been applied on the wheel. A painted line also encircles the vessel rim. Apart from a few chips and a small loss at the shoulder, the vessel is complete.
Dimensions
28 × 27 cm (11 × 10 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Excavated from Tomb V, Poggio Sommavilla, Italy by Fausto Benedetti, Italy (1896-1897), sold; to Joseph Clark Hoppin, Boston (1897-1925), bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1925.
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