THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Ceramics | Shape | Amphora
1. CERAMICS. Greece.
Birth of Athena from the head of Zeus.
Black-figure neck-amphora. Attic.
Attributed to the Antimenes Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Inv. No. 1837,0609.27.
London, British Museum.
2. CERAMICS. Greece.
Battle between Heracles and the Amazons.
Black-figure neck-amphora. Attic.
Attributed to the Antimenes Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Inv. No. 1837,0609.27.
London, British Museum.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. CERAMICS. Greece.
Feasting Heracles.
Bilingual amphora, type A. Attic.
Attributed to the Andokides Painter (Furtwängler), to the Lysippides Painter (Beazley).
Clay. Ca. 520—510 BCE.
Inv. Nos. J 388 / 2301.
Munich, State Antique Collection.
7. CERAMICS. Greece.
Heracles on the kline surrounded by Hermes, Athens and the cupbearer.
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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. CERAMICS. Greece.
Hermes Kriophoros flanked by two women.
Black-figured neck-amphora. Attic.
Clay.
Ca. 510 BCE.
Sotheby’s Auction House, New York.