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The handles in the form of leafy stems are each decorated at the base with the mask of a satyr. Many similar vessels have been found in houses at Pompeii.
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Title: Bronze amphora (two-handled jar)
Period: Early Imperial
Date: late 1st century BCE–1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H.: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1927
Object Number: 27.122.7
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