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ATTRIBUTED TO THE CASTELLANI PAINTER, CIRCA 560-550 B.C.
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED TYRRHENIAN NECK-AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE CASTELLANI PAINTER, CIRCA 560-550 B.C.
The body decorated in three registers, the upper register of one side centered by two hoplites in combat, each wearing a short chiton, armed with a corselet, greaves, a crested Corinthian helmet and a circular shield, wielding a spear, a fully-armed horseman on either side, a mantled female onlooker at the far right, two at the far left; the middle register with confronting sirens with their heads turned back, framed by panthers; the lower register with confronting goats, their heads lowered, a panther to the right, a ram to the left; the upper register of the other side with five gesticulating komasts, all nude but for one in a short red shirt, a woman to the far right; the middle register with confronting panthers, their heads turned out, framed by goats; the lower register with a ram between panthers walking away; with alternating red and black tongues on the shoulders, a lotus and palmette cross on the neck, rays above the foot, details in added red and white
13¾ in. (34.9 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE CASTELLANI PAINTER, CIRCA 560-550 B.C.
The body decorated in three registers, the upper register of one side centered by two hoplites in combat, each wearing a short chiton, armed with a corselet, greaves, a crested Corinthian helmet and a circular shield, wielding a spear, a fully-armed horseman on either side, a mantled female onlooker at the far right, two at the far left; the middle register with confronting sirens with their heads turned back, framed by panthers; the lower register with confronting goats, their heads lowered, a panther to the right, a ram to the left; the upper register of the other side with five gesticulating komasts, all nude but for one in a short red shirt, a woman to the far right; the middle register with confronting panthers, their heads turned out, framed by goats; the lower register with a ram between panthers walking away; with alternating red and black tongues on the shoulders, a lotus and palmette cross on the neck, rays above the foot, details in added red and white
13¾ in. (34.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Mr. R.M. (1956-1979), Bern.
with Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, 1971.
with Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, 1971.
Literature
J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena, Oxford, 1971, p. 41.
T.H. Carpenter, Beazley Addenda, Second Edition, Oxford, 1989, p. 28.
E. Buschor, Kunst der Antike, Bern-Biel-Solothurn, Solothurn, 1967, p. 28, no. 90.
R. Blatter, "Zwei unveröffentliche tyrrhenische Amphoren," in Antike Welt, vol. 4, 1980, pp. 13-14 and p. 90, pl. 10.
H. Bloesch, et al., Das Tier in der Antike, Zurich, 1974, p. 37, no. 218, pl. 35.
J. Kluiver, The Tyrrhenian Group of Black-figure Vases: From the Athenian Kerameikos to the Tombs of South Etruria, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 162, no. 174.
Beazley Archive Database no. 350277.
T.H. Carpenter, Beazley Addenda, Second Edition, Oxford, 1989, p. 28.
E. Buschor, Kunst der Antike, Bern-Biel-Solothurn, Solothurn, 1967, p. 28, no. 90.
R. Blatter, "Zwei unveröffentliche tyrrhenische Amphoren," in Antike Welt, vol. 4, 1980, pp. 13-14 and p. 90, pl. 10.
H. Bloesch, et al., Das Tier in der Antike, Zurich, 1974, p. 37, no. 218, pl. 35.
J. Kluiver, The Tyrrhenian Group of Black-figure Vases: From the Athenian Kerameikos to the Tombs of South Etruria, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 162, no. 174.
Beazley Archive Database no. 350277.
Exhibited
Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek, Kunst der Antike, Bern-Biel-Solothurn, 1967.
Zurich, Archäologisches Institut der Universität, Das Tier in der Antike, 1974.
Zurich, Archäologisches Institut der Universität, Das Tier in der Antike, 1974.
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