amphora

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Museum number: 1836,0224.95
Description: Pottery: black-figured amphora. Designs black on red panels, with borders of double honeysuckle along the top. (a) Heracles and the Erymanthian boar: In the centre is Heracles to right, with lion's skin, the tail caught up under a girdle, and short embroidered chiton, bow and open quiver on shoulder, holding the boar upside down in the act of hurling it down upon Eurystheus, who had concealed himself in a large pitkos sunk in the earth, and now holds up his hands beseechingly; only his hands and part of his head are visible. On right is Athene advancing to left, with tresses over her shoulders, long chiton with purple and white spots, and stippled aegis with border of snakes, high-crested helmet with cheek pieces, and spear. On left stands Iolaos, bearded, in short chiton and cuirass, with sword at side; in right hand he holds Heracles' club, his left is extended to a deer by his side. (b) Departure of a warrior: In the centre a warrior standing to left and looking back to a female figure whose head and body are enveloped in a thick embroidered himation; the warrior has a visored helmet, greaves, shield with device of a cuttle-fish, and a spear. At his further side, looking to left, is an archer, bearded in short chiton and peaked cap, holding a bow in right hand, in left a quiver. On the left is an old man to right, with white hair and beard, in a striped himation, with right hand raised, in left a sceptre. On the extreme right is a warrior departing to right, looking back; he is fully armed with short chiton, Boeotian shield, cuirass, helmet, greaves, sword and spear. At the top of this panel, an incision.
Producer name
Cultures/periods: Archaic Greek; Attic
Production date: 520BC-500BC
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Vulci
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Height: 53 centimetres; Width: 35.50 centimetres; Depth: 35.50 centimetres
Curator's comments: BM Cat. Vases For the subject of side A, cf. Roscher, p. 2199, Klein, Euphronios1, p. 87 ff., Gerhard, A.V. ii. p. 46, n. 34; also Berlin Cat. 1849, 1855.
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (B161); Old Catalogue / A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (587); CVA British Museum 3 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 4, British Museum 3 (III H e, Pl. 31, 1)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2007 31 Mar-30 Jun, Gosport, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes 2007-2008 3 Nov-24 Feb, Leicester, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes 2008 29 Mar-1 Jun, Luton, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes 2008 20 Jun-5 Oct, Lincoln, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes 2008-2009 25 Oct-24 Jan, South Shields, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes 2009 7 Feb-4 May, Glasgow, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes 2010 30 Apr-30 Aug, Seoul, National Museum of Korea, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought Exhibited: 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 July-25 Sept, 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 2015, 26 Mar-5 Jul, The British Museum, Defining Beauty: the body in ancient Greek art 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
Subjects: classical deity; classical mythology; warrior; archer
Associated names: Representation of: Herakles/Hercules; Representation of: Eurystheus; Representation of: Erymanthian Boar
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edmé Antoine Durand (sale); Purchased through: Peter Oluf Brøndsted
Acquisition date: 1836
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1836,0224.95

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