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panathenaic amphora; prize/trophy

Object Type: panathenaic amphora; prize/trophy
Museum number: 1836,0224.193
Description: Pottery: black-figured Panathenaic prize-amphora. Designs black on red panels, as last. (a) Athene to left between two Doric columns; earrings, bracelets, long embroidered chiton with folds rudely indicated, and aegis with snakes; high-crested helmet with purple fillet, and shield with device of a serpent to left painted white. Inscribed. (b) Horse-race: Two nude youths with long hair, the hinder one wearing a fillet with ends floating behind, on horseback to right, riding at full speed. Each has a three-thonged whip, the foremost brandishing his, the further holding his downwards; the bridles and bits are marked by incised lines.
Producer name
Cultures/periods
Production date: 500BC-490BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Attica (Greece)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Vulci (said to be)
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Diameter: 40 centimetres; Height: 65 centimetres; Weight: 9.10 kilograms (approx)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: BM Cat. Vases Mon. dell’ Inst. i. pl. 22, 3 b; De Witte, Mus. Étr. p. 112; Dubois, Vas. ant. des fouilles faites en Etr. 1843, no. 141; Ann. dell’ Inst. 1830, p. 219, no. 11, and 1877, p. 300; Stephani, Compte-Rendu, 1876, p. 51; C. I. Gr. 7776.
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (B133); Old Catalogue / A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (572); CVA British Museum 1 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 1, British Museum 1 (III H e Pl. 2, 1); Swaddling 2004 / The Ancient Olympic Games (p. 2)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 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 21 Feb-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 2017 10 Jan-5 Jun Newmarket, National Horseracing Museum, Under Starter's Orders 2017 13 Jul-15 Oct, Madrid, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks 2017-2018 23 Nov-18 Feb, Barcelona, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks 2018 20 Mar-24 Jun, Sevilla, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks 2018 24 Jul-4 Nov, Zaragoza, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks 2018-2019 18 Dec-31 Mar, Palma, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks 2021 19 Jun-7 Nov, Australia, Perth, Western Australian Museum, Ancient Greeks 2021-2022 16 Dec-1 May, Australia, Canberra, National Museum of Australia, Ancient Greeks 2022 10 Jun-06 Nov, New Zealand, Auckland, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Ancient Greeks 2022-2024 24 Dec-25 Feb, China, Suzhou, Suzhou Museum, Ancient Greeks
Condition: Partly restored.
Subjects: horse-racing; classical deity; equestrian; classical sport
Associated names
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edmé Antoine Durand (sale); Purchased through: Peter Oluf Brøndsted
Acquisition date: 1836
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1836,0224.193
Conservation: Treatment: 30 May 1980; Treatment: 20 Oct 2007; Treatment: 01 Jun 2010