panathenaic amphora;
prize/trophy
- Museum number
- 1836,0224.177
- Description
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Pottery: black-figured Panathenaic amphora. Designs on red panels as before; the white badly faded.
(a) Athene to left between two Doric columns, as before, with upper chiton reaching below the knees and having a broad diapered border, aegis with snake-border on front only; lofty helmet, and shield with device of snake to left.
(b) Foot-race: Four nude runners running to right; the two foremost are bearded.
- Production date
- 530BC-520BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 240 millimetres
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Height: 38.10 centimetres
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Height: 372 millimetres
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Weight: 1965 grammes
- Location
- On display (G69/dc24)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1980 5 Jun- 26 Oct, London, BM, The Ancient Olympic Games
2008 1 May-12 Jul, Shanghai, The Ancient Olympic Games
2008 2 Aug-31 Sep, Hong Kong, The Ancient Olympic Games
2009 2 Apr-13 Oct, Alicante, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2010 30 Apr-30 Aug, Seoul, National Museum of Korea, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2010-2011 15 Oct-07 Feb, Taipei, The National Palace Museum, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2010-2011 11 Mar-12 Jun, Kobe City Museum, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2011 4 Jul-25 Sep, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2011-2012 25 Oct-12 Feb, Mexico City, National Anthropological Museum, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2012-2013 6 Oct-6 Jan, Portland Art Museum, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2013 6 May-6 Oct, Dallas Museum of Art, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2014 21Feb-9 Jun, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought
2014 2 Aug -9 Nov, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia, The Body Beautiful in Greek Art and Thought
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1836,0224.177