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PROBABLY IN THE MANNER OF THE PRIAM PAINTER, CIRCA 515-500 B.C.
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORA
PROBABLY IN THE MANNER OF THE PRIAM PAINTER, CIRCA 515-500 B.C.
Side A: Dionysos wearing laurel wreath, long beard and ringlets falling on his shoulder, holding a twin-handled kantharos, facing Athena with high crested helmet, holding spear and shield and wearing a chiton, Herakles behind holding club in left hand, branches and palmettes in the field; Side B: two hoplites holding spears and shields flanking a Scythian archer wearing a cap, with long lappets, short tunic, animal skin and quiver, holding bow and spear, all walking to the left; rays above the foot, lotus-bud chaine below the scenes, tongues above, palmette chain on the neck, palmettes and crosses below the handles, graffito of psi under the foot
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
PROBABLY IN THE MANNER OF THE PRIAM PAINTER, CIRCA 515-500 B.C.
Side A: Dionysos wearing laurel wreath, long beard and ringlets falling on his shoulder, holding a twin-handled kantharos, facing Athena with high crested helmet, holding spear and shield and wearing a chiton, Herakles behind holding club in left hand, branches and palmettes in the field; Side B: two hoplites holding spears and shields flanking a Scythian archer wearing a cap, with long lappets, short tunic, animal skin and quiver, holding bow and spear, all walking to the left; rays above the foot, lotus-bud chaine below the scenes, tongues above, palmette chain on the neck, palmettes and crosses below the handles, graffito of psi under the foot
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
Provenance
with Galerie Archeologia, Brussels, 1985;
Jacques Werner collection, Belgium; thence by descent to the present owner.
Jacques Werner collection, Belgium; thence by descent to the present owner.
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