THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Ceramics | Function
41. CERAMICS. Greece.
Maidens wearing water from a spring.
Black-figured hydria. Attic.
Ca. 530—510 BCE.
Attributed to the Antimenes Painter.
Inv. No. 1843,1103.66.
London, British Museum.
42. CERAMICS. Greece.
Hephaestus at the birth of Athena.
Red-figure pelike.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
43. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus.
Red-figure pelike. Attic.
Attributed to the Painter of the Birth of Athena.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
44. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus.
Red-figure pelike. Attic.
Attributed to the Painter of the Birth of Athena.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
45. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus.
Red-figure pelike. Attic.
Attributed to the Painter of the Birth of Athena.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
46. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus. Side B: Dionysus and male figures.
Red-figure pelike. Attic.
Attributed to the Painter of the Birth of Athena.
Clay.
Ca. 460—450 BCE.
Inv. No. 1849,0620.14.
London, British Museum.
47. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Slaughter of Iphigenia.
Red-figured volute krater. Apulia.
Ca. 370—350 BCE.
Attributed to a painter close to the Iliupersis Painter (the sack of Troy).
Inv. No. 1865,0103.21.
London, British Museum.
48. CERAMICS. Greece.
Perseus fleeing away with the head of Medusa.
Red-figure hydria. Attic.
Attributed to Pan Painter (Beazley).
Clay.
Ca. 460 BCE.
Inv. No. 1873,0820.352.
London, British Museum.
49. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Alcmene appealing to Zeus against Amphitryon.
Red-figured bell-krater. Paestum.
Attributed to the Python Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 360—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 1890,0210.1.
London, British Museum.
50. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Alcmene appealing to Zeus against Amphitryon.
Red-figured bell-krater. Paestum.
Attributed to the Python Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 360—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 1890,0210.1.
London, British Museum.
51. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Dionysiac scene.
Red-figured bell-krater. Paestum.
Attributed to the Python Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 360—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 1890,0210.1.
London, British Museum.
52. CERAMICS. Greece.
Heracles fighting the Lernaean Hydra.
Aryballos. Corinth.
Terracotta. Ca. 600—575 BCE.
Inv. No. 92.AE.4.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
53. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles and Ajax playing a board game.
(Achilles on the left; Ajax on the right, between them stands Athena.)
Black-figure neck-amphora. Attic.
Attributed to the Leagros Group Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Inv. No. 86.AE.81.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
54. CERAMICS. Greece.
The Seven against Thebes: the death of Kapaneus.
Red-figure neck-amphora. Campania.
Attributed to the Caivano Painter (Greek, active 340—330 BCE).
Terracotta. Ca. 340 BCE.
Inv. No. 92.AE.86.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
55. CERAMICS. Greece.
Maenads and satyrs.
Red-figure neck-amphora. Campania.
Attributed to the Caivano Painter (Greek, active 340—330 BCE).
Terracotta. Ca. 340 BCE.
Inv. No. 92.AE.86.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
56. CERAMICS. Greece.
Bellerophon, Pegasus, and the Chimera.
Black-figure kylix. Lakonia.
Attributed to the Boreads Painter (Greek (Lakonian), active 575—550 BCE).
Terracotta.
Ca. 570—565 BCE.
Inv. No. 85.AE.121.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
57. CERAMICS. Greece.
Tekmessa covering the corpse of Ajax.
Red-figured kylix (type B). Attic.
Attributed to Brygos Painter (active about 490—470 BCE).
Terracotta.
490—480 BCE.
Inv. No. 86.AE.286.
Los Angeles, John Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa in Malibu.
58. CERAMICS. Greece.
Dionysos reclining with a rhyton on a ship sailing among dolphins.
Red-figure eye-kylix (type A). Attic.
Signed by the potter and the painter Exekias.
Clay.
Ca. 530 BCE.
Inv. Nos. 2044 / 8729 / J 339 / KM 3179.
Munich, State Antique Collection.
59. CERAMICS. Greece.
Dionysos reclining with a rhyton on a ship sailing among dolphins.
Red-figure eye-kylix (type A). Attic.
Signed by the potter and the painter Exekias.
Clay.
Ca. 530 BCE.
Inv. Nos. 2044 / 8729 / J 339 / KM 3179.
Munich, State Antique Collection.
60. CERAMICS. Greece.
Battle over the body of a fallen hero.
Red-figure eye-kylix (type A). Attic.
Signed by the potter and the painter Exekias.
Clay.
Ca. 530 BCE.
Inv. Nos. 2044 / 8729 / J 339 / KM 3179.
Munich, State Antique Collection.