The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta amphora handle with stamp

Art Object

Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Terracotta amphora handle with stamp

Date:: ca. 220–180 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Rhodian
Medium:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Other: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Classification:: Cesnola Inscriptions
Credit Line:: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number:: 74.51.2419

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

Description

The circular stamp bears the name of the potter Damokrates, with at the center a large rose, symbolizing Rhodes (the Greek word Rhodon means rose).
Provenance

From Cyprus
See also
What
Clay (23,631)

Terracotta (8,373)

Amphorae (573)
Where
Europe (150,372)

Greece (6,283)

Aegean Islands (972)

Rhodes (63)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,142)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,330)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.