AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA

AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
Circa 525-515 B.C.
One side with Apollo at the center playing a kithara, clad in a chiton and himation, with his long tresses falling along his shoulders, the god flanked on either side by a female attendant, each wearing a starred himation over a chiton, with Hermes walking off to the far right but looking back, wearing a short chiton and a petasos, holding his caduceus across his torso, Poseidon looking on from the far left, wearing a chiton and himation, the god holding his triton in his right hand; the other side a departure scene with two mounted figures at the center, each with two spears in hand, the horses shown frontally with their heads turned inward, the horsemen looking outward at a female attendant on either side, each wearing a chiton, the figure to the right with stars on her chiton; with rays above the foot, a band of lotus bud chain and meander below the scenes, black and red tongue on the shoulder, palmette lotus chain on the neck, and palmettes and lotus buds below the triple-reeded handles, details in added red and white
16 1/8 in. (40.9 cm) high