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© Bruce M. White, 2005.
Red-Figure Amphora Fragment with Discus Carrier (Diskophoros)
© Bruce M. White, 2005.
© Bruce M. White, 2005.
© Bruce M. White, 2005.
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Attributed (Greek, active ca. 500 - 460 BCE)

Red-Figure Amphora Fragment with Discus Carrier (Diskophoros)

AAT Object Form/FunctionAmphorae (storage vessels)
Place CreatedGreece, Europe
Dateca. 490 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art
Dimensions6 1/16 x 6 13/16 in. (15.4 x 17.3 cm)
Object number1984.014A
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - March 1996
Nike: Victory and Competition at the Ancient Greek Festival Games, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 30 - August 18, 1996
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, August 1996 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - April 28, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesMichael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 58.
J. Michael Padgett, et al., The Berlin Painter and His World: Athenian Vase-Painting in the Early Fifth Century B.C. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017), 391, 393, number BN4.
ProvenancePurchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Jonathan Rosen [Atlantis Antiquities Ltd.], New York, New York.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art