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Black-Figure Neck Amphora (container)
Greek

Title

Black-Figure Neck Amphora (container)

Artist

Unknown Artist (Greek)

Date

500 BCE

Medium

ceramic

Dimensions

10 7/8 × 7 × 5 1/4 in. (27.6 × 17.8 × 13.3 cm)

Classification

Vessels & Containers

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J. Hewitt Judd

Object Number

1965.408

On View

On view

Provenance

With Ars Antiqua, Lucerne, Switzerland, by 1961;
Their sale to Spink & Son, London, January 1961–December 16, 1963;
Their sale to Dr. John Hewitt Judd (1899–1986) and Mrs. J. Hewitt Judd (née Ellanore Baxter, 1905–1986), Omaha, Nebraska, December 16, 1963–December 16, 1965;
Their gift to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1965.

Exhibition History

Art in Antiquity, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, May 7–June 10, 1973.

Between Myth and Reality: Ancient Greek Vases from Joslyn Art Museum, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, May 24, 2022–June 4, 2023.

Published References

W.A. McGonagle, “Early Greek Vases Added to Collection at Joslyn Museum,” Sunday World-Herald, November 28, 1965, 10, (repro.).

Illustrated Guide to the Treasures of America (Pleasantville, NY: Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., 1974), 371, (repro.).

Ann Steiner, Joslyn Art Museum: Ancient Greek Pottery (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1985), 63, fig. 21, (repro.).

Ann Steiner, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. United States of America. Joslyn Art Museum 21 (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1986), 8–9, pls. 14: 1–2, 15: 2, (repro.).