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Amphora with Bacchic Scenes
(Roman Empire )
This amphora has lost one of its handles. The scenes on the amphora include Bacchus and his consort, Ariadne, with their followers among temples, hills, and trees. A later inscription appears on the neck, where a missing handle was originally attached. The inscription reads, A V.S.D./MER (votum solvit deo mercurio), "dedication to Mercury."
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Found at Entrains, near Dijon, 1921; Mme. Mancel, Paris?, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1926, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P3099]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2014-2015 | Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. |
| 1947 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | cleaned; examined for loan; stabilized |
Measurements
H: 6 1/4 x W: 4 5/16 x Diam: 3 11/16 in. (15.9 x 10.9 x 9.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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57.708