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Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Lid, A Shape

Black-figure Amphora · 550–520 B.C.

Pomegranante knob (solid), reserved, with one glaze band on the finial and another encircling the knob. Faint ridge at the junction of knob and dome. On the dome, four concentric glazed circles, and on the brim, a wreath of dot-ivy, the vine painted as a dilute glaze 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

550–520 B.C.

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Dimensions

H: 6.30 cm D: 4.05 cm

Museum

J. Paul Getty Museum