Vases Black-figure Amphora Attic Black-Figure Neck-Amphora
Attic Black-Figure Neck-Amphora

Attic Black-Figure Neck-Amphora

Black-figure Amphora · about 520 B.C.
A: Athena in a quadriga, rendered in three-quarter view, moving to the right. B: Komos scene with four bearded men, wreathed and nude. The figure at right is smaller than his counterparts. One plays the double pipes, while the other three dance. Two hold sprigs.

Running around the body under the picture field, a band of encircled upward-pointing lotus buds with dots, and rays above the foot. On the neck, addorsed lotus and palmettes. Tongue pattern on the shoulder (only black ones filled in).
Under the handles, palmette and lotus pattern.
Shape
Technique
Date
about 520 B.C.
Culture
Greek (Attic)
Dimensions
H: 43.80 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
71.AE.368
Image Source
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Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)