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

Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment

Black-figure AFFECTER · Amphora · about 530 B.C.
On the shoulder: frieze of open lotuses.
On the body: i) arm of figure facing left, (ii) bearded male to left with long hair, wearing a wreath, in a red robe and patterned mantle. He holds a circular object (ring? wreath?) in his left hand.
There is a tendril at the location of the missing handle. Under the handle is a figure moving right.
Mommsen (1975) indicates that this fragment belongs with an amphora in Arezzo (Beazley 1956, 244.49).
Shape
Technique
Date
about 530 B.C.
Culture
Greek (Attic)
Painter
Attribution
Attributed
Dimensions
H: 14.40 cm W: 8.70 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
78.AE.247
Image Source
getty_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)