Geometric Neck Amphora (Storage Vessel) (Primary Title)

attributed to, Workshop of Athens 894, Greek, active ca. 720 - ca. 700 BC (Artist)

720–700 BC
Greek (Attic)
Ceramics
Containers-Vessels
terracotta
Greece
Overall: 26 5/8 × 13 1/2 in. (67.63 × 34.29 cm)
60.50
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
“The Horse in Ancient Greek Art,” National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg, VA, September 7, 2017 – January 14, 2018; VMFA, February 17 – July 8, 2018

From Pasture to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia (9 October – 5 December 1993); University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley (20 Jan. – 20 March 1994); Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge (23 April – 19 June, 1994).
1960 (Nicolas Koutoulakis, Paris); purchased by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond; accessioned into VMFA collection October 19, 1960. [1]

[1] Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration records.
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