Vases Black-figure Amphora AMPHORA PSYKTER (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA PSYKTER (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA PSYKTER (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Black-figure Lydos · Amphora · -575 to -525
A: THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR, BETWEEN YOUTHS, SOME DRAPED, CLOAK ON ROCK | B: DIONYSOS WITH DRINKING HORN, SATYRS AND MAENAD IN NEBRIS, HARE

Provenance

3 recorded events
First recorded c. 1830s
Etruria, Italy
From Etruria; precise findspot not recorded. The shape and subject suggest an Etruscan market destination.
Sale c. 1840s
Rome, Italy
Through the Roman antiquities trade.
Purchase c. 1850s
British Museum
London, England
Acquired by the British Museum.
British Museum acquisition records
Shape
Technique
Date
-575 to -525
Culture
ATHENIAN
Painter
Attribution
Attributed
Museum
British Museum
Accession Number
B148
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)