Amphora with the myth of Hercules fighting Triton
Greece, Attica
6th Century BC
- Attributed to the Priam Painter by J. Michael Padgett
Pottery
Provenance
- Collection of Jean-Louis Sunier, Geneva. Attached copy of notarial documents 2004
- Certificate of Jacques Chamay, curator of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities of the Museé Arts et Historie of Geneva, and Fiorella Cottier, expert in Italic and Greco-Roman Art, dated 1989.
Documents
- Attached Thermoluminescence certificate.
Amphora-shaped vessel, made in ceramic using the black-figure technique, decorated by the Priam Painter, active in Attica during the 520s BC. With an inverted ovoid body, the vessel has a tall, straight, cylindrical neck, topped by a mouth open towards the outside, ending in a flat. Two vertical, ribbed-ribbon-shaped handles extend from the shoulders, curving just below the mouth to join the body on either side of the neck. Finally, the amphora stands...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antique Ceramic Furniture