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21. CERAMICS. Greece.
Heracles on the kline in the presence of Athena.
Bilingual amphora, type A. Attic.
The Andokides Painter (red-figure painting) and the Lysippides Painter (black-figure painting).
Clay. Ca. 520—510 BCE.
Inv. Nos. J 388 / 2301.
Munich, State Antique Collection.
22. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
So-called “Vase of Patroclus”, side B.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Darius Painter.
Clay. 340—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 81954 (?).
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
23. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
So-called “Vase of Patroclus”, side A.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Darius Painter.
Clay. 340—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 81954 (?).
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
24. CERAMICS. Greece.
The girls filling hydrias with water before the pump room of the Callicren spring.
Vase from Vulci.
Inv. No. 06.1021.77.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
25. CERAMICS. Greece.
Women at fountain house.
Black-figured hydria. Attic.
Ca. 510—500 BCE.
Attributed to the Class of Hamburg 1917.477.
Inv. No. 06.1021.77.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
26. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles and Ajax playing a board game.
(Achilles on the left; Ajax on the right.)
Black-figure amphora (Type A). Attic.
By the Exekias Painter (potter and painter).
Clay. Ca. 530—520 BCE.
Inv. No. 16757.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
27. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles and Ajax playing a board game.
(Achilles on the left, Ajax on the right.)
Black-figure amphora (Type A). Attic.
By the Exekias Painter (potter and painter).
Clay. Ca. 530—520 BCE.
Inv. No. 16757.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
28. CERAMICS. Greece.
Achilles and Ajax playing a board game.
(Achilles on the left, Ajax on the right.)
Black-figure amphora (Type A). Attic.
By the Exekias Painter (potter and painter).
Clay. Ca. 540—530 BCE.
Inv. No. 16757.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
29. CERAMICS. Greece.
Heracles and nemean lion; Heracles and Triton.
Black-figure hydria. Attic.
Manner of the Antimenes Painter.
Clay. Carving, white paint. 520—500 BCE.
Inscription on the body: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΣ
Inv. Nos. Б. 1516 / ГР-4443.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
30. CERAMICS. Greece.
Lesson of Linos.
Red-figure skyphos.
By the Pistoxenos Painter.
Clay. 475 BCE.
Inv. No. 708.
Schwerin, State Museum.
31. CERAMICS. Greece.
Dionysos riding in a quadriga, and a dancing maenad.
Black-figured neck-amphora. Attic.
Attributed to the Leagros Group.
Clay.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Sotheby’s Auction House, New York.
32. CERAMICS. Greece.
Return of Hephaestus to Olympus, accompanied by Dionysus and a satyr.
Black-figured neck-amphora. Attic.
Attributed to the Medea Group.
Clay.
Ca. 520 BCE.
Sotheby’s Auction House, New York.
33. CERAMICS. Greece.
Wedding procession.
Black-figured hydria. Attic.
Attributed to Near the Painter of Vatican G 43.
Clay.
Ca. 530—520 BCE.
Sotheby’s Auction House, New York.
34. CERAMICS. Greece.
Ajax carrying the body of Achilles flanked by Scythian archers.
Black-figured neck-amphora. Attic.
Clay.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Sotheby’s Auction House, New York.
35. CERAMICS. Greece.
Hermes Kriophoros flanked by two women.
Black-figured neck-amphora. Attic.
Clay.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Sotheby’s Auction House, New York.
36. CERAMICS. Greece.
Dionysus and Maenads.
Large red-figured stamnos. Attic.
Clay.
Attributed to the Phiale Painter.
Ca. 440 BCE.
Sotheby’s Auction House, New York.
37. CERAMICS. Greece.
Satyr and Maenads.
Large red-figured stamnos. Attic.
Clay.
Attributed to the Phiale Painter.
Ca. 440 BCE.
Sotheby’s Auction House, New York.
38. CERAMICS. Greece.
Linked palmettes in the handle zone.
Large red-figured stamnos. Attic.
Clay.
Attributed to the Phiale Painter.
Ca. 440 BCE.
Sotheby’s Auction House, New York.
39. CERAMICS. Pre-Roman Italy.
Adult cremation. Krater used as an ossuary urn.
425 BCE.
Inv. No. 46.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
40. CERAMICS. Magna Graecia.
Red figure krater used as an ossuary urn.
380—370 BCE.
Inv. No. 36332.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.