THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Ceramics | Shape | Amphora | Type A
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.