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Terracotta amphora (jar), attributed to the Group with Horizontal Ivy Leaves, Greek, Ptolemaic (MET, 90.9.1)

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Artist
Creator:Group with Horizontal Ivy Leaves
Title
Terracotta amphora (jar)
Description

Greek, Ptolemaic; Amphora; Vases; Applied decoration: on the shoulder, left, Herakles; right, Eros with cornucopia; below the handles, heads

This elaborate vessel with appliqué reliefs, twisted handles, and vertical ribbing emulates more expensive metal versions of the same shape. Found in the Hadra cemetery of Alexandria, Egypt, it was, like most of the Hadra hydriai (water jars used as cinerary urns), probably the product of a workshop in western Crete and imported to Egypt.
Date circa 275–250 B.C.
Medium Terracotta
Dimensions H.: 16 1/8 in. (41 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Greek and Roman Art
Accession number
90.9.1
Place of discovery From the Hadra cemetery of Alexandria, Egypt
Credit line Purchase, 1890
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/245541

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