Amphora
31-36-17
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 31-36-17 |
Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Apulian | South Italian |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Apulia |
Creator | Tarporley Painter |
Period | Classical Greek Period |
Date Made | 450-400 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Red Figure |
Iconography | Woman | Hydria | Athlete | Youth | Stick |
Description | Amphora of Panathenaic shape. A. Woman, at left, with hydria; naked youth, at right, with sash. Athletic victor receiving prize (?). B. Woman is fully draped, holds out hydria with both hands toward youth. Youth holds out sash toward woman with right hand. His left arm is akimbo holding up a long piece of drapery which covers left arm entirely and falls down to level of ankle. B. Two youths facing one another. Youth at left is in frontal pose facing right, draped except for right shoulder, right chest and right arm. Youth at right is fully draped except for right shoulder and arm. He seems to be balancing a stick on the back of his outstretched right hand. Maeander and cross below scenes, tongue pattern above; laurel on neck. #8 in roll |
Height | 29 cm |
Outside Diameter | 16.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Arthur H. Lea, 1931 |
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