- Museum number
- 1842,0407.13
- Description
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Pottery: black-figured amphora. Designs black on red panels with borders of lotus-buds along the top; profuse accessories of white and purple.
(a) Departure of a warrior: In the centre stands the warrior to left, with high-crested visored helmet, spear, shield with device of a bent human leg, and greaves, the left purple, the other plain. Facing him is an old man, with long white tresses and beard, long embroidered chiton and striped himation, left hand raised, in right a staff. Behind the warrior is a female figure with long hair, fillet, necklace, long chiton with border, and striped embroidered himation, raising right hand to mouth.
(b) Three warriors, all fully armed, with parameridia and spears, advancing to left; on the further side of the second one is an archer, bearded, with pointed cap and bow. All three warriors have visored helmets, with central and side-crests, the latter painted white; the shield of the first has the device of a triquetra, that of the third a snake to left, while the shield of the middle one is plain white; the right greave of the middle warrior is black, all the others purple.
- Production date
- 530BC-510BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 38.60 centimetres
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Width: 25 centimetres
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Depth: 25 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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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
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
2016 26 Jan-30 Oct, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, Treasures: Adventures in Archaeology
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
- Repaired.
- Acquisition date
- 1842
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1842,0407.13
