Attic Red-figure hydria; restored: half of the foot, one horizontal handle, considerable parts of body, neck and mouth; glaze faded; added white paint; on neck, slanting palmettes; base border: maeander and checker-squares; below handle, palmette complex; round handle-roots and on rim, egg pattern; Birth of Dionysos and death of Semele.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Athens, Attica, Greece
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Person depicted:
Dionysus/Bacchus (Greek and Roman deity) and Semele (Greek Deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Hydriae
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Comment:
Airport Loan w/ mount # 013 (3/2010) in box in kroeber 19 mez
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S2001-2002 #1: Tamsen Fuller (July 1, 2001–September 27, 2001), S2002-2003 #2: Tamsen Fuller (August 9, 2002–August 31, 2002), and S2008-2009 #12: SFO Museum (June 2009–June 28, 2010)