Object Number |
MS398 |
Current Location |
Collections Storage |
Culture |
Chalcidian |
Provenience |
Greece | Greek Island |
Creator |
Group of the Amphora in Leipzig |
Section |
Mediterranean |
Materials |
Ceramic |
Technique |
Black Figure |
Iconography |
Lion | Doe | Rosette | Swan | Ram | Sphinx | Owl | Goat |
Description |
Part of neck restored in plaster. On lower body rays above a fillet once painted purple between body and foot. Neck and handles covered with plain black glaze. A): Body, two lions bringing down a doe; in the field incised blob rosettes. On the shoulder, a swan between grazing rams. B): Body: two seated sphinxes facing each other across a large lotus-palmette cross. On the shoulder, an owl between two grazing goats. Surface somewhat worn; traces of added red and white paint. |
Height |
29 cm |
Outside Diameter |
19 cm |
Credit Line |
Museum Purchase, Subscription of Phebe Hearst,1896 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
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Smith, H. R. "The Origin of Chalcidian Ware." University of California Publications in Classical Archaeology 1. (1932): 85-149. See: p. 105 |
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Rumpf, Andreas. Chalkidische Vasen. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1927. See: p. 19, 83, no. 36, pl. LXX |
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Ath. Mitt. XLVI. 1921. See: p. 185 |
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Hall, Edith H. "Some Greek and Italian Vases in the Museum." The Museum Journal 5, no. 4. (1914): 218-230. See: figs. 114-115 |
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"Collections and Publications." Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art 1, No. 1. (1897): 16-42. Page/Fig./Plate: 34-35 |
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