SECOND HALF OF 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
An Attic black-figure amphora
Second half of 6th Century B.C.
Side A: Herakles wrestling with the Nemean lion watched by a standing warrior, Athena and Hermes
Side B: a warrior accompanied by a charioteer departing in a quadriga observed by an old man and three warriors holding shields and spears
Scrolling palmettes and lotus buds under the handles, bands of rays, double row of spots and interlocking lotus buds above the foot, a frieze of double interlocking palmettes around the neck, details in added purple and white, chip to rim
11½ in. (29.4 cm.) high
Second half of 6th Century B.C.
Side A: Herakles wrestling with the Nemean lion watched by a standing warrior, Athena and Hermes
Side B: a warrior accompanied by a charioteer departing in a quadriga observed by an old man and three warriors holding shields and spears
Scrolling palmettes and lotus buds under the handles, bands of rays, double row of spots and interlocking lotus buds above the foot, a frieze of double interlocking palmettes around the neck, details in added purple and white, chip to rim
11½ in. (29.4 cm.) high