IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 67837 accession number: GR.28.1904 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Bronze amphora decorated with champleve enamel. There are seven friezes running round the vase. Starting from the neck downward. These are: (1) leaves set upright on red enamel (probably olive) (2) wave pattern on green enamel (3) laurel wreath on red enamel (4) vine scroll with birds on orange enamel (5) lozenge checker of red, green and orange in three horizontal bands (6) laurel wreath on red enamel (7) vine scroll of leaves and grapes on red enamel. The handles terminate in spur shaped ornament and below in a leaf. On the outside side of the handles, there is a 'V' shaped pattern of alternate green and red enamel. On the base are concentric circles title: amphora NOTES ----- type: history note value: Forman Collection at Callaly Castle (cat.no.3226) 1899: sale of the Forman Collection (cat.no.168) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities creditline: McClean Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/67837 TECHNIQUES ---------- enamelling CATEGORIES ------ category: vessel DATING ------ creation date: 101 - 300 creation date earliest: 101 creation date latest: 300 culture: Middle Roman CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 11.1 CITATIONS -------- Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean Bequest, Catalogue of the Mediaeval Ivories, Enamels, Jewellery, Gems and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed to the Museum by Frank McClean, M.A., F.R.S. Emailleurs d'Occident Art Bulletin --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/GR_28_1904_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/mid_GR_28_1904_281_29.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/GR_28_1904_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/preview_GR_28_1904_281_29.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/GR_28_1904_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/mid_GR_28_1904_282_29.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/GR_28_1904_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/preview_GR_28_1904_282_29.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/GR_28_1904_283_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/mid_GR_28_1904_283_29.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/GR_28_1904_283_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/preview_GR_28_1904_283_29.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/GR_28_1904_284_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/mid_GR_28_1904_284_29.jpg height: 667 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/GR_28_1904_284_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant16/preview_GR_28_1904_284_29.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels