CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS
circa early 5th century b.c.
With Athena in combat with a Giant, the goddess draped and helmeted, wielding a spear and lunging toward her opponent, the Giant armed with a shield and a crested helmet, the scene framed by a helmeted Amazon on horse back on either side, with vines in the field, a band of meander above, rays on the shoulder
6.5/8 in. (16.8 cm) high
circa early 5th century b.c.
With Athena in combat with a Giant, the goddess draped and helmeted, wielding a spear and lunging toward her opponent, the Giant armed with a shield and a crested helmet, the scene framed by a helmeted Amazon on horse back on either side, with vines in the field, a band of meander above, rays on the shoulder
6.5/8 in. (16.8 cm) high
Literature
Von Bothmer, Amazons in Greek Art, p. 228, addendum no. 178 bis, p. 106.
Exhibited
Amazons in Greek Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 15-September 15, 1958.