Athenian black-figure amphora
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Athenian black-figure amphora (Rycroft Painter)

Athenian black-figure amphora

Classification
black-figure pottery; belly amphora
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 40.7 cm
Date
ca. 540–530 B.C.
Period
Archaic Period (700–480)
Material
clay
Iconography
Dionysiac scene; Dionysos; chiton; ivy wreath; rhyton; nymph; ribbon; satyr / satyros; leavetaking of warrior; quadriga; horse; warrior, soldier; charioteer; Corinthian helmet; spear; shield; bow; rays pattern; lotus pattern
Production place
Athens
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Apponyi, Sándor (1844–1925); Budapest, National Széchényi Library
Inventory
51.20
ID
Hyp-3869
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 37; Oroszlán–Dobrovits 1947, 41, no. 4; Johnston, in BullMusHong 83 (1995), 22, 118, 119, no. 25, fig. 35
Trails
Greek warfare
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