Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED NECK AMPHORA WITH LID
ATTRIBUTED TO THE LONG NOSE PAINTER, CIRCA 520 B.C.
Side A: with Herakles delivering the Erymanthian Boar to Eurystheus, the nude hero facing right, the great boar on his left shoulder, his left leg raised onto the edge of a partially buried pithos, in which Eurystheus, King of Mycenae, has taken refuge, his bearded face visible, arms raised, Athena to the left, wearing crested helmet, holding shield and spear, a female attendant on the right looking back over her shoulder and gesturing with right arm. Side B: with a helmeted warrior facing left holding spears and circular shield decorated with a swan, an archer wearing pointed cap and quiver behind facing right, a bearded male attendant holding a staff on the left, a draped male on right looking back over his shoulder and carrying a spear
Bands of meander, lotus and rays above the foot, alternate red and black tongues on the shoulder, lotus-palmette chain on neck, trailing palmettes and inverted lotus buds below the handles centred with saltire squares, the lid with rays around the knop and ivy leaves on rim, details in added red and white
18½ in. (47 cm.) high
Provenance
Michele Baranowsky collection, Asta Numimasica, Via Rastelli 6, Milan, 1925.
Mr Y. Forrer collection, Geneva, Switzerland, 1930s.
Private collection, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2000.
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