Vases › Black-figure › Amphora › Attic Black-Figure Nikosthenic Amphora Fragment
Attic Black-Figure Nikosthenic Amphora Fragment

Attic Black-Figure Nikosthenic Amphora Fragment

Black-figure Painter N, Thiasos Group · Amphora · about 550–540 B.C.
Preserves part of the shoulder and body of an amphora (side B). On the shoulder, a mounted youth wearing a short chiton in added white is flanked by nude and clothed youths. The body preserves portions of two dancing satyrs – the raised left arm of one, and most of the upper body of the other. Goes with 86.AE.96.1 and 86.AE.96.2. Adapted from Clark, A., CVA Malibu 1 (1988).
Shape
Amphora
Technique
Black-figure
Date
about 550–540 B.C.
Culture
Greek (Attic)
Painter
Painter N, Thiasos Group
Potter
Nikosthenes
Attribution
Attributed
Dimensions
H: 7.80 cm W: 14.00 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
86.AE.96.3

Related Vases

Attic Black-Figure Nikosthenic Amphora Fragment
Attic Black-Figure Nikosthenic Amphora Fragment
Black-Figure Nikosthenic Amphora (Storage Vessel): Dancing Youths; Sphinxes and Lions; Satyrs and Maenads
Black-Figure Nikosthenic Amphora (Storage Vessel):...
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)