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Attic Red-Figure Amphora Fragment

Attic Red-Figure Amphora Fragment

Red-figure Eucharides Painter · Amphora · about 490–470 B.C.
Preserved is a satyr player armed as a peltast, striding to the right. Only the lower body and left arm remain. He wears the distinctive shorts of an actor, complete with phallus. His feet are bare and he has a fillet on the left ankle. The inner face of the shield has an X-shaped porpax, tasseled antilabe, and decorative ribbon tied to the straps. The shield has a plastic emblem in the form of a winged phallos, and a panther skin apron. The tip of a weapon held in the satyr's right hand (now lost), is visible at the lower left.
Shape
Amphora
Technique
Red-figure
Date
about 490–470 B.C.
Culture
Greek (Attic)
Painter
Eucharides Painter
Dimensions
H: 23.00 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
86.AE.190.6
Image Source
getty_cc0

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