Amphora
48-30-2
From: Italy | Etruria | Vulci
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 48-30-2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Etruscan |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Vulci |
Creator | Praxias Group |
Date Made | 480 BCE to 450 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Superposed Color |
Iconography | Death of Aegisthus | Aegisthus | Orestes | Female Figures | Warfare |
Description | decoration in superposed color; Praxias Group; scene of death of Aegisthus? Clytemnestra. A: L. to R.: Male figure facing right, holding a diagonal spear in 1. hand: Orestes, scabbard in 1. hand, sword in right, attacking Aegisthus who is semi-reclining on the floor; behind Aegisthus a female figure raises double axe above head. B: 4 female figures all facing left, arms raised or outstretched in various ways. Intact. Color in general well preserved though it has disappeared in some places. |
Height | 37 cm |
Length | 29 cm |
Width | 36.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 29 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Annie May Hegeman, 1948 |
Other Number | L-3-4 - Old Loan Number |
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