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Attic Black-Figure Amphora Lid

Black-figure Amphora · 550–525 B.C.

Lid from a neck-amphora; pomegranate knob (solid), reserved, with a depression in the topside of the finial. Red line in the depression and at the junction of knob and dome. On the dome, four concentric glazed circles. Brim of lid slightly offset from the dome and ornamented with a wreath of ivy painted as a red line. A red stripe decorates the vertical edge of the lid. The reserved underside is flanged.

After Clark, A., CVA Malibu 2 (1990).

Shape

Amphora

Technique

Black-figure

Date

550–525 B.C.

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Dimensions

H: 8.10 cm D: 21.86 cm

Museum

J. Paul Getty Museum