Amphora

Description

Amphora of black figure pottery with added purple and white and incised details, showing on one side Dionysus, Hermes, a satyr, and maenads and on the other, a battle scene: Ancient Mediterranean, Ancient Greek, Attic, by the Antimenes Painter, late 6th - early 5th century BC, c. 520 BC

Museum reference

A.1887.211

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Amphora

Production information

Antimenes Painter, Artist
Attica, ANCIENT GREECE
ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN

Date

Classical
Late 6th - early 5th century BC

Style / Culture

Ancient Greek
Attic, Ancient Greek
Black-figure

Materials

Pottery

Physical description

Earthenware, black figure with added purple and white and incised details

Associations

Depicted: Dionysus
Depicted: Hermes

Exhibitions

• Artistic Legacies (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Artistic Legacies (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Beazley, ABV, 271

Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, (EDINBURGH, The National Museums of Scotland) GREAT BRITAIN, Fascicule 16, pp.10-11, pl.8.3-4

On display

national museum of scotland »
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world cultures, artistic legacies