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CIRCA 520 B.C.
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE NECK-AMPHORA
attributed to the Medea Group
circa 520 b.c.
The A-side with a scene of Hermes and Iris greeting each other with clasped hands, the god wearing a striped chlamys, boots and a petasos, holding a caduceus with the finial angled down in his right hand, the goddess with her wings outstretched behind her, wearing a peplos, holding a caduceus in her left hand; the B-side with a warrior in profile to the left, carrying a shield and two spears, wearing grieves, a crested Corinthian helmet, and a chlamys, standing between two old men with white beards and long white hair, both wearing a himation and holding a staff, with rays above the foot, a band of conjoined lotus buds above, red and black tongues on the shoulders, a palmette chain on the neck, a quatrefoil below each handle with a lotus bud below and long ivy sprigs to each side
13 in. (34.3 cm.) high
attributed to the Medea Group
circa 520 b.c.
The A-side with a scene of Hermes and Iris greeting each other with clasped hands, the god wearing a striped chlamys, boots and a petasos, holding a caduceus with the finial angled down in his right hand, the goddess with her wings outstretched behind her, wearing a peplos, holding a caduceus in her left hand; the B-side with a warrior in profile to the left, carrying a shield and two spears, wearing grieves, a crested Corinthian helmet, and a chlamys, standing between two old men with white beards and long white hair, both wearing a himation and holding a staff, with rays above the foot, a band of conjoined lotus buds above, red and black tongues on the shoulders, a palmette chain on the neck, a quatrefoil below each handle with a lotus bud below and long ivy sprigs to each side
13 in. (34.3 cm.) high
Literature
Raubitschek, The Hearst Hillsborough Vases, no. 9.
Exhibited
The Hearst Hillsborough Vases, Stanford Art Museum, Stanford University, 20 December 1969 - 1 February 1970.