id: 109391
accession number: 1927.6
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Geometric Neck-Handled Amphora (Storage Vessel): Prothesis (Laying out of Corpse), Mourners, Chariots, c. 720–700 BCE. Attributed to Workshop of Athens 894 (Greek, Attic, Late Geometric llb). Ceramic; overall: 60 cm (23 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1927.6
title: Geometric Neck-Handled Amphora (Storage Vessel): Prothesis (Laying out of Corpse), Mourners, Chariots
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creation date: c. 720–700 BCE
creation date earliest: -725
creation date latest: -655
current location: 102B Greek
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Greek, Attic
technique: ceramic
department: Greek and Roman Art
collection: GR - Greek
type: Ceramic
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CREATORS
* Workshop of Athens 894 (Greek, Attic, Late Geometric llb) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 60 cm (23 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Juxtapositions
opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'From Pature to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer, Museum of Art and Archaeology, Columbia, Missouri (October 9, 1993- December 5, 1993).', 'opening_date': '1993-10-09T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Roussos, sold to Brummer Gallery
date: ?-1926
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Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1926-1927
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1927-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d.
page number: P3649
url: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll9/id/29428/rec/47
R. H. "Two Greek Vases." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 14, no. 6 (1927): 99-101.
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page number: Reproduced: p. 74
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page number: Mentioned: p. 1; Reproduced: Plate 1
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url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161453
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page number: p. 13
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Oakley, John H., "Women in Athenian Ritual and Funerary Art," pp. 335-341 (ill. Fig. 1) in Worshiping Women: Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens, eds. Nikos E. Kaltsas and H. A. Shapiro (New York, N.Y.: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) in collaboration with the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, 2008).
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Murray, Sarah. Male Nudity in the Greek Iron Age: Representation and Ritual Context in Aegean Societies. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
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