Lot Essay
The Group of Toronto 305 was listed by Beazley (Attic Black-figure Vase-painters, p. 282-283) in his chapter on the Antimenes Painter and Circle.
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THE PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE GROUP OF TORONTO 305, CIRCA 520-510 B.C.
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
Attributed to the Group of Toronto 305, Circa 520-510 B.C.
One side with Herakles battling Amazons, the hero clad in a short chiton and the Nemean lion-skin, attacking with a long sword held in his raised right hand, grasping the edge of his main opponent's Boeotian shield which is ornamented with ivy, the Amazon on one knee before him, clad in a short chiton, corslet and mantle, wearing a high-crested helmet, holding a spear in her hand, an Amazon clad as a Scythian to the left, holding her pelta-form shield before her, a spear in her hand, and a standing Amazon to the right, clad in a short chiton, mantle and crested helmet, a spear in her hand, a tripod as the device on her raised shield; the other side with three hoplites in combat, perhaps Ares versus the giants, the victor attacking from the left, wearing a short chiton, armed with greaves, corslet and high-crested Corinthian helmet, a Boeotian shield in his left hand, a spear in his right, a collapsing warrior to the right, similarly clad and armed, moving right but looking back, a tripod as the device on his round shield, and the warrior to the right in a short chiton, mantle and greaves, a lion as the device of his circular shield, a spear in his hand; with rays above the foot, bands of lotus bud chain and key above, red and black tongues on the shoulders, lotus-palmette chain on the neck, and lotus bud and palmette complexes below the handle, details in added white and red now mostly lost
15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm) high
Attributed to the Group of Toronto 305, Circa 520-510 B.C.
One side with Herakles battling Amazons, the hero clad in a short chiton and the Nemean lion-skin, attacking with a long sword held in his raised right hand, grasping the edge of his main opponent's Boeotian shield which is ornamented with ivy, the Amazon on one knee before him, clad in a short chiton, corslet and mantle, wearing a high-crested helmet, holding a spear in her hand, an Amazon clad as a Scythian to the left, holding her pelta-form shield before her, a spear in her hand, and a standing Amazon to the right, clad in a short chiton, mantle and crested helmet, a spear in her hand, a tripod as the device on her raised shield; the other side with three hoplites in combat, perhaps Ares versus the giants, the victor attacking from the left, wearing a short chiton, armed with greaves, corslet and high-crested Corinthian helmet, a Boeotian shield in his left hand, a spear in his right, a collapsing warrior to the right, similarly clad and armed, moving right but looking back, a tripod as the device on his round shield, and the warrior to the right in a short chiton, mantle and greaves, a lion as the device of his circular shield, a spear in his hand; with rays above the foot, bands of lotus bud chain and key above, red and black tongues on the shoulders, lotus-palmette chain on the neck, and lotus bud and palmette complexes below the handle, details in added white and red now mostly lost
15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm) high
Provenance
Ars Antiqua, Auktion I, Lucerne, 1959, no. 105
Literature
Beazley, Paralipomena, p. 124, no. 2 quater.
Exhibition of Greek and Etruscan Antiquities, pl. 23 B.
The Ancient and Modern Art in the Kurashiki Museum, pl. 19 B.
Simon, The Kurashiki Ninagawa Museum, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, no. 29.
Exhibition of Greek and Etruscan Antiquities, pl. 23 B.
The Ancient and Modern Art in the Kurashiki Museum, pl. 19 B.
Simon, The Kurashiki Ninagawa Museum, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, no. 29.
Exhibited
Exhibition of Greek and Etruscan Antiquities, Tokyo (1974).
The Ancient and Modern Art in the Kurashiki Museum, Tokyo (1980).
The Ancient and Modern Art in the Kurashiki Museum, Tokyo (1980).