Nolan Amphora
MS5465
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Italy | South Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5465 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Italy | South Italy |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Period | Classical Greek Period |
| Date Made | 470-460 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Red Figure |
| Iconography | Apollo | Artemis | Altar | Lyre | Oinochoe | Quiver | Warrior |
| Description | Nolan amphora. A) Apollo, in frontal pose, facing left, phiale in right hand stretched out over an altar with volutes, lyre on left side, hand behind strings, otherwise unsupported. B) Artemis standing, facing left, fully draped, holding up oinochoe in right hand. Quiver on back, projecting above left shoulder. Intact. In very good condition save that area around Artemis is glazed a different color from the rest: a different solution of glaze? |
| Height | 34.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 19 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from E. Canessa, 1916 |
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