Neck Amphora

Amphora

MS4860

From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number	MS4860
Current Location	Collections Storage
Culture	Attic
Provenience	Italy \| Etruria \| Orvieto
Manufacture Location	Attica
Creator	Lysippides Painter
Date Made	525-500 BCE
Section	Mediterranean
Materials	Ceramic
Technique	Black Figure
Iconography	Heracles \| Athena \| Hermes \| Pottery \| Pithos
Description	A, Herakles and Eurystheus. Left to right, Hermes; Herakles lifting boar; Eurystheus in pithos; Athena. B, frontal quadriga. Foot and large sections of other elements missing and restored in plaster. The mouth fragment may not belong. Manner of the Lysippides Painter.
Height	50.8 cm
Outside Diameter	30.3 cm
Credit Line	Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898

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