Attic Black-Figure Nikosthenic Amphora Fragment
Fragment preserves the handle, shoulder, and part of the body of an amphora (side A). The broad handle is decorated with a satyr dancing to right, the middle part of his legs are missing. Signed on the shoulder under the handle by Nikosthenes, potter: [NIKOSTHENE]S EPOIESE[N]. The shoulder preserves hind legs of a rearing horse and the foot of a male runner. On the body, a maenad clothed in a sleeveless chiton dancing to the left, looking back, and next to her the open hand of a satyr. Goes with 86.AE.96.2 and 86.AE.96.3. Adapted from Clark, A., CVA Malibu 1 (1988).
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