Neck Amphora
L-64-39
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Greece
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | L-64-39 |
Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Attic |
Provenience | Greece |
Manufacture Location | Attica |
Creator | Group of Compiègne 988 |
Date Made | ca. 530 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Black Figure |
Iconography | Dionysos | Maenad | Satyr | Hermes | Chariot |
Description | A) Dionysos. wearing an ivy wreath and holding a kantharos and a goad, steps up into his chariot. B) Dionysos, wearing an ivy wreath and holding a kantharos, stand to right, and a maenad faces him. They are flanked by a satyr and Hermes, carrying his caduceus. who walks right but turns round left. Vine branches in the field on both side A and B. Palmette-lotus chain on neck, palmettes under handles, and upright lotus buds with dots in the interstices below the panels. |
Height | 44.6 cm |
Outside Diameter | 27.2 cm |
Other Number | 82-113 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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