neck-amphora
- Museum number
- 1837,0609.36
- Description
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Pottery: black-figured neck-amphora. Style coarser than usual.
(a) Departure of a warrior: A quadriga to right, in which is a charioteer with short beard and long white chiton, the white faded, at his side a sword, in right hand-two spears, reins in both hands. Facing him, and at further side of horses, is a warrior with lofty visored helmet, and shield with one purple pellet and four white, and behind him an archer to right, looking back, with high-peaked cap and close embroidered jerkin. At the horses' heads is a warrior to left, with high-crested helmet, chlamys, greaves, and shield with device of two dolphins to left.
(b) Dionysos to right, bearded, with long tresses, ivy-wreath, long chiton and striped himation, in left hand a keras, in right a vine-branch. Before and behind him are female figures (Nymphs ?) with long tresses and fillets; the one on the right wears a mitra, and is wrapped in an embroidered himation; the other has a long embroidered chiton.
- Production date
- 520BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 41.91 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
De Witte, Descr. No. 47.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Repaired and restored.
- Acquisition date
- 1837
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1837,0609.36