Amphora
63-26-18
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 63-26-18 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Greek | Euboean |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Euboea |
Date Made | ca. 550 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Black Figure |
Iconography | Hermes |
Description | Complete except for chips. Inverted echinus foot. Ovoid body in continuous curve profile from lip to foot. Flaring lip. Cylindrical handles. Beazley Amphora type-B (equals R & M, type Ia). Underside of foot unglazed. Outer foot glazed. Lower wall unglazed. Rest of body glazed except a panel on each side. A purple wheel run band at bottom of glazed area, just below panels and above level of upper attachment of handles. A, left to right, Hermes facing right; old man with spear facing right; and young man, with spear, facing left. All wearing similar long cloaks with crude purpole bands. B, 2 youths facing, each holding a spear vertically, both in similar cloaks with crude purple bands. Poor work, dull glaze, possibly a provincial imitation of Attic? |
Height | 2.6 cm |
Outside Diameter | 1.9 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs Earl Ford, 1963 |
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