Athenian black-figure lekythos with a scene of Gigantomachy

Classification

black-figure pottery ; lekythos

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 19.8 cm

Date

first quarter of the 5th century B.C.

Period

Archaic Period (700–480)

Material

clay

Artist

Diosphos Painter

Iconography

Gigantomachy ; Poseidon ; rock ; Gigants ; Corinthian helmet ; shield ; spear ; dot pattern ; rays pattern

Production place

Athens

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Gerster, Béla Collection

Inventory

50.739

ID

Hyp-3229

References

LIMC IV (1988), 227, no. 286, pl. 137; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 43; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 49

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